American Dreams

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book American Dreams by Bruce Price, The Permanent Press (ORD)
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Author: Bruce Price ISBN: 9781504024877
Publisher: The Permanent Press (ORD) Publication: January 5, 2016
Imprint: The Permanent Press Language: English
Author: Bruce Price
ISBN: 9781504024877
Publisher: The Permanent Press (ORD)
Publication: January 5, 2016
Imprint: The Permanent Press
Language: English

In the author’s words “American Dreams was a radical experiment, because the whole idea was to let the stories erupt and evolve on their own. I would draw a word and then use that word in the most interesting sentence I could think of, and then create the next most interesting (and connected) sentence I could think of, and so on until the energy ran out. Much to my surprise, I wrote an entire chapter the first time I tried this technique. It was as if I had discovered a magic lamp. And that’s the way it continued: a single word created each chapter. As I created more characters, I made a chart and assigned them numbers and then I rolled dice to decide which character would run into which other character. After all, in real life you’re constantly running into new people. Who knows why?”

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In the author’s words “American Dreams was a radical experiment, because the whole idea was to let the stories erupt and evolve on their own. I would draw a word and then use that word in the most interesting sentence I could think of, and then create the next most interesting (and connected) sentence I could think of, and so on until the energy ran out. Much to my surprise, I wrote an entire chapter the first time I tried this technique. It was as if I had discovered a magic lamp. And that’s the way it continued: a single word created each chapter. As I created more characters, I made a chart and assigned them numbers and then I rolled dice to decide which character would run into which other character. After all, in real life you’re constantly running into new people. Who knows why?”

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