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I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade.

- Bruce Coville
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The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.

Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense.

When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.'

When I was a kid, I read books that made me laugh but also made me shiver in terror. I wanted to make books that made other people feel the same way.

Every book is like starting over again. I've written books every way possible - from using tight outlines to writing from the seat of my pants. Both ways work.

My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.

I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.

I know what I'm going to write for the next three years. It's frustrating, because if I get a good new idea, I have to put it aside.

Ideas are all around you - everything gives you ideas. But the real source is the part of your brain that dreams.

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