My name is Truman Capote and I am an author. I have written many things, but if you haven't heard of them, they include Breakfast At Tiffany's, Other Voices, Other Rooms, In Cold Blood, and many others. I love writing, in fact, when I was nine, I wrote my first book. I was a good young writer, now that I think about it; I wrote my first big story when I was ten when I lived in Monroeville. I don't believe that I won, but does that really matter now? My dearest friend, Nelle Harper Lee, used to help me with writing my manuscripts (mind you, this is when I was eight years of age). I love her to death, and we are still good friends to today.
My first real job was in the mailroom at the New Yorker. I moved up in the company and got a writing position until I got fired for walking out of Robert Frost's poetry reading. I was sick, I promise. My next jobs were at some other magazines, but I managed to win the O. Henry award for one of my short stories ("Miriam"), which was grand.
I loved the South, and I wrote about it frequently, especially in my first big novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. I really began to write in a new way, and I feel as though my style then was something that I can never obtain again. I loved my older writing from this age, but I don't know if I could go back to it. It had a naive sense about it, but it's okay; I like to see my writing style change with myself.
Here, I moved to my most challenging project : In Cold Blood. This was a project that I had funded by The New Yorker, but this was after much convincing on my part. It was an investigation of a murder of a farmer and three of his family members that I performed and it took nearly six years of my life. I followed every clue and every turn that the police didn't even bother with; I began to learn and my interest began to grow for the murderers. Why would someone do this? I felt for them, and I began to crumble too. I think that sticking with these deranged men in an emotional journey took a toll on me.
I must admit, I took to every substance you can think of, and some that you can't. I couldn't write, I couldn't do anything. I have stopped now, and I know I can't take it back. I did love the lifestyle though.
I live in Los Angeles, and if you are in the area, I would love to see you some time. I love parties and being with fun people...I still write a bit, but I think that I need some inspiration. Message me, and lets party (if you're famous).