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Hi. Rosie here.

Teagan’s forced me to tell you that she’s getting drunk and will probably cook a thing.

That’s all.

Yes, seriously.

A fan’s letter to Derren and his response

larkspurlazuli:

In the back entries of Derren’s blog that I have been reading, a fan had reproduced a fan’s letter to Derren and Derren’s reply. Because the letter was stuck in the very old blog entries, which I doubt many people read, I reproduced it here so that newer fans can enjoy this tidbit.

From the fan that posted the letters:

“Further proof of DB’s sweet nature. A few years ago Derren answered some mail for a magic site. The following is a letter a 10-year old wrote him and his response (I thought it was so sweet I sent it to some folks and still had it in my “sent” folder)…”

To Derren Brown,

My name is Stephen XXXXXXXX, and I come from Liverpool, England.

I am 10 years old. I saw your show in the empire, it was the best thing I have ever seen in my life. When I am older I want to be a magician, but I am interested in hypnosis and mind manipulating, have you got any advice you could give to me please?

Thanks.

Magically Yours,

Ste.

DerrenBrown

V.I.P.

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Hi Stephen, thanks ever so much for writing. And thanks for coming to the show. I’m guessing you sneaked in, as no under 12′s were supposed to be there. In fact I saw you, I’m sure – because I remember thinking, ‘I must report that tiny boy to the police after the show’.

I’m pleased you liked it so much: I love performing the show. They’re beautiful theatres and it’s very cool coming out on stage and seeing you all sat there.

As for hypnotising -it’s very difficult to hypnotise someone if you’re quite a bit younger than them, as they don’t take it very seriously. You could try a) just hypnotising very young children or kittens, or b)drawing a fake beard on with permanent marker first: that might make you look older. It worked for me in the first couple of TV shows. Or c) do what I did: learn magic first, and get really good at it, and then see if it leads you into the mind-reading sort of thing that I do. It took me ten years to really learn it properly, and I’m ninety-three now.

You spell better than any other person on this forum, so you’re obviously bright enough to be very good at magic. And bright enough to know that you can do much more clever magic that you make up yourself instead of just what everyone else does, which is normally silly. I also imagine you’re very creative and good at painting or writing or fixing stuff or making people laugh… all sorts of skills you’ll find you can bring to the magic you do.

If you send an email to my assistant (his name is Coops) and tell him your address, I’ll find and send you a magic book suitable for an intelligent and creative ten-year old to get you started. I’ll even sign it from me and David Blaine. That’s how I got started: I got a book and tried all the stuff in it. It built from there.

Best of luck with it. I’ll tell Coops to expect an email from you. And I’ll alert the police again.

Yours,

Derren.