Will Brown
Will Brown
doors opening people
To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
life
You don't have to fight for your life anymore. You're starting a new one.
five next periods thousand three
I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.
published sf type waiting wondering writer
Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough.
conscious few hard hours novels slip stories weeks whereas writer
Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days.
fellowship life lounge medium trying
It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.
prescribed
I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.
against art bent follow good man morality nature offend provided rules
Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.
against appealing approach dear hopeful pass pointing rather reassure saw sweet trembling
As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.
calling countrymen field giving hold hopes invention literature mirror natural open
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
best uncertain
The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing.
contract
When I got back from shooting 'Deception,' I was under contract with NBC, so I can't really do anything.
break ended junior led moving senior summer taking theater
I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the summer between my junior and senior year. After I graduated, I ended up moving out to L.A. But in my senior year, I made it a part of my major.
louisiana love
Love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman, I'm a big fan of 'Duck Dynasty' as well.