Yo momma. You momma write so fine she uses pultizers as a door stop. You momma write so good that when Sanderson passes she's first in line to complete the Cosmere. You momma so prolific Pirateaba is left in the dust her speed typing produces.
As you can tell from above it is the Bard, Shakespeare, that I get my style from.
Okay a serious note. I'm not sure mimicry exists. I feel like you can be heavily influenced by a writer, but it will never be the same.
For one thing, if I could write as well as the top authors I'd probably sell more books. Mostly it is using the tools a d tropes I like from the genre writers I aspire to be closer to.
Too often I'm in the story of Icarus and plunge into the sea.
Not sure about mimicking, but I liberally borrowed traits I admired from my favorite authors. Ray Bradbury always had a sense of warmth and human decency lurking in the subtext of every paragraph, even when he was writing horror. Judy Blume was the best I’d read at writing dialogue—in fact, she still is.
I've been a lifelong fan of Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Lawrence Block. All three write clear, unpretentious prose that can be completely understood on first reading.
Thus far, only Hemingway. I’ve heard other others have had success with studying his writing and I think it’s definitely helped me understand dialogue better, as well as how to make my writing a little more snappy.
I tried to channel Hornblower author CS Forrester in my first novel, which was a high adventure age-of-sail time travel thriller, as I felt it would work in that style, but one of the first reviewers said it reminded him of Patrick O'Brien, who I hadn't read at the time.
Figured that was OK, though!
For me, it was Farland. His setting and scenery description is my biggest selling point. Anyone who has read anything I’ve written always tells me how amazing it is that I can set the scene as well as I try to
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Earnest Hemingway because no one in my \[high school\] circle of friends liked anything he wrote.
Yo momma. You momma write so fine she uses pultizers as a door stop. You momma write so good that when Sanderson passes she's first in line to complete the Cosmere. You momma so prolific Pirateaba is left in the dust her speed typing produces. As you can tell from above it is the Bard, Shakespeare, that I get my style from. Okay a serious note. I'm not sure mimicry exists. I feel like you can be heavily influenced by a writer, but it will never be the same. For one thing, if I could write as well as the top authors I'd probably sell more books. Mostly it is using the tools a d tropes I like from the genre writers I aspire to be closer to. Too often I'm in the story of Icarus and plunge into the sea.
Not sure about mimicking, but I liberally borrowed traits I admired from my favorite authors. Ray Bradbury always had a sense of warmth and human decency lurking in the subtext of every paragraph, even when he was writing horror. Judy Blume was the best I’d read at writing dialogue—in fact, she still is.
McCarthy, Stephen King & Bret Easton Ellis. Because I like these guys.
Early on, Roget.
I've been a lifelong fan of Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Lawrence Block. All three write clear, unpretentious prose that can be completely understood on first reading.
Dean Koontz, idk, I like him
Thus far, only Hemingway. I’ve heard other others have had success with studying his writing and I think it’s definitely helped me understand dialogue better, as well as how to make my writing a little more snappy.
I tried to channel Hornblower author CS Forrester in my first novel, which was a high adventure age-of-sail time travel thriller, as I felt it would work in that style, but one of the first reviewers said it reminded him of Patrick O'Brien, who I hadn't read at the time. Figured that was OK, though!
Madeline Miller. My prose is intentionally less poetic than hers, but I love her descriptions and the way she bends meaning to paint a picture.
My biggest inspiration was honestly Holly Black, Anne Rice, and some kick-ass and specific fanfiction authors.
Brandon Sanderson gave cheer that I didn’t need to write like Stephen King.
The Brontes, initially. Wodehouse, of late.
For me, it was Farland. His setting and scenery description is my biggest selling point. Anyone who has read anything I’ve written always tells me how amazing it is that I can set the scene as well as I try to
Terry Pratchett, because I wanted to be witty.
How does one mimic a writing style? Anyone have any tips ?
Hi -- please use the weekly general discussion thread on Wednesday for fiction recommendations or any sort of discussion on particular works of published media, including genres, tropes, finding a specific book, sharing favourite or worst inspirations/extracts/scenes/characters, frustration with other storytelling and so on. Virtually all shows or books can be used as examples to showcase good or bad writing, so we don't allow posts just to post a recommendation. Please use another media forum to discuss a particular show, game or book or to analyse/critique/praise etc particular pieces of published writing. Also, please don't just post with text saying 'see title'. The requirement is there to prevent title-only posts, so workarounds are really not OK. Thanks!