Melanie
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Sophy Burnham:
When did you know that you were a writer? Where do you get the inspiration for your books?
Sophy Burnham
I was told as a child I'd be a writer. That was when I failed my 5th grade English exam. The reason was, the first sentence: "Finish this paragraph." Then they quoted a half a paragraph from Paul Gallico's book, 45 minutes and two blue books later the bell rang, and I'd never gotten to question 2. The teachers, lucky for me, laughed and said I'd be a writer someday and let me take the exam over (I guess the teacher didn't want me back in 5th grade). Anyway, I didn't start to write until I was in my late twenties. I knew I had nothing to say, and when I read the works of the Immortals (Jane Austen, Tolstoi, Dostoievski, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, George Eliot) I knew I didn't have anything to say.
Where do I get inspiration? I have no idea. It's a mystery. I pray a lot for help and spend a lot of time scribbling, and much of what I write never actually grows into a fully developed story or novel or book. It's mysterious, this whole business of creativity.
Where do I get inspiration? I have no idea. It's a mystery. I pray a lot for help and spend a lot of time scribbling, and much of what I write never actually grows into a fully developed story or novel or book. It's mysterious, this whole business of creativity.
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