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An editor is an accomplice, looking in from the outside. That objective view is essential. We don't write in a vacuum, and we don't publish in a vacuum.

~David Bergen

Topics: Accomplice Editor Essential Looking Objective Outside Publish Vacuum View Write

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At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

~David Bergen

Topics: Age Decided Guidance Had Having Little Nothing Published Reading Twenty Wanted Write

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Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

~David Bergen

Topics: Error Essential Failure Necessary Trial Trial And Error

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Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.

~David Bergen

Topics: Books Continue Fiction General Great Lover Will

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Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.

~David Bergen

Topics: Character Characters Decisions Invite Least Make Moral Moral Character Right Shock Surprising Those Who

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The IMPAC is a terribly important award.

~David Bergen

Topics: Award Important Terribly

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It took me ten years to write a proper story. I floundered about trying to shape something, counting on the 'feeling' I had as I wrote, only to discover upon rereading my work that the feeling had disappeared, and what remained was an empty shell.

~David Bergen

Topics: About Counting Disappeared Discover Empty Feeling Had Me Only Proper Remained Shape Shell Something Story Ten Ten Years Took Trying Work Write Wrote Years

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The first accepted piece of writing is the most exciting. No other publishing experience matches it. Perhaps jaundice sets in, or expectations are raised, or one starts to think that one is better than is the truth.

~David Bergen

Topics: Accepted Better Exciting Expectations Experience First Matches Most Other Perhaps Piece Publishing Raised Sets Starts Than Think Truth Writing

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The story wrote quickly. I called it 'Where You're From,' and I sent it out, as I had numerous other stories over the years. Except this time I got a letter back saying that it would be published. Someone out there had liked the story. I was thirty-one years old.

~David Bergen

Topics: Back Except Got Had Letter Liked Numerous Old Other Out Over Published Quickly Saying Sent Someone Stories Story Time Where Would Wrote Years You

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In 1970, at the age of 14, I entered a short story contest offering a grand prize of one dollar. I won. This was my first foray into writing fiction. I loved reading and thought that it shouldn't be so hard to write a story.

~David Bergen

Topics: Age Contest Dollar Entered Fiction First Grand Hard Loved Offering Prize Reading Short Short Story Story Thought Won Write Writing

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Novelist

Born: January 14th, 1957

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