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When I'm 'in the zone' so to speak, I actually prefer to stop reading things by other authors until I've exorcised whatever it is that's burning up my synapses that week. However, once I've finished writing a book it may be six months of chilling out, reading and listening to music before I want to write again or before another idea floats to the surface. I used to use that time painting but the artistic creativity gets sucked into other stuff these days. A friend sent my book to an agent and in his refusal letter he suggested "a book in a year" which I have thought I'd read. Cheers MTM |
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Though it was never a "conscious learning" thing for me, I essentially retained certain literary moments over time and re-reading, so when I found myself doing a scene, I would recall that this book handled that scene this way, that book did it that way, but that book did it most effectively this way. Likewise, in blocking scenes, timing devices, atmosphere, dialogue, etc, I was able to recall bits and pieces of things that I thought worked especially well, and use those as guidelines for my work. Eventually, my adaptation of those bits and pieces became my own style.
I don't have a problem reading other writers' works as I write, but I tend not to, just because I'd rather work on my story than read others'. |
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Still impressed you retained them... I lay bets I do exactly what you do but when the solutions to my literary problems present themselves I've no clue where they come from!
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When I was 16 or 17 I considered myself a genius for a couple of weeks. I had written a wonderful poem and I was in awe of its beauty. Then, reading one of my favorite poets (Luis Cernuda), to my consternation I discovered that the best verses of my poem were taken directly from his work. I've been very careful since then of thinking too highly of myself.
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It's like anything else that you seek to do by finding the best way to do it. In Worldfarm One, I describe a woman who chose the last name of Mazaña when she immigatred to Brasil, but because of being well-endowed, unfortunately became known as "Manzanas." (Look it up.) The description I just provided was rather dry. But in the book, I gave a description that was much more interesting and funny, and based on descriptive styles I picked up largely from Lester Dent, but seasoned with a bit of Arthur C. Clarke: Quote:
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