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Hey Bruce!!
How long does it take you to write a short story?
How long does it take you to write a short story?
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Kristina -
If you asked "How long does it take to make a birdhouse" I could answer you, if I was using the same pattern over and over. But stories are not like that. Every story has its own time and rhythm. Once I started a story in 1978 (wrote the first page) and finished it more than 20 years later! Other stories I have written in a single day.
Every story is different, every story has its own story!
BC
If you asked "How long does it take to make a birdhouse" I could answer you, if I was using the same pattern over and over. But stories are not like that. Every story has its own time and rhythm. Once I started a story in 1978 (wrote the first page) and finished it more than 20 years later! Other stories I have written in a single day.
Every story is different, every story has its own story!
BC