tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post2789327523408705988..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Reading + writing?1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-61460621424428218022013-08-15T11:07:31.699-07:002013-08-15T11:07:31.699-07:00...I think it's great to learn from good books......I think it's great to learn from good books, but it's also great to learn from bad books... it's easier to find things that don't work, and recognize those in your own work ;)<br /><br />If I read at night, I end up not sleeping until I finish the book, so I will play solitaire on my phone, or sudoku, or read something short, like a comic book.<br /><br />I re-read Erin Hicks &1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-48802155517813291182013-08-15T11:02:47.067-07:002013-08-15T11:02:47.067-07:00yup, exactly.yup, exactly.1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-43168295896472259422013-08-15T11:02:27.467-07:002013-08-15T11:02:27.467-07:00Certainly a process :) Yes, you are totally right ...Certainly a process :) Yes, you are totally right about, the more influences you have, the less change of *adopting* a specific one :)<br /><br />Just like learning different drawing styles, without experimentation, you'll never find your own style :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-62299619995202560822013-08-15T11:00:56.365-07:002013-08-15T11:00:56.365-07:00Hahahah! I kinda want to read some of your chapter...Hahahah! I kinda want to read some of your chapters now :D1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-31001059657783736672013-08-15T11:00:28.568-07:002013-08-15T11:00:28.568-07:00Glad to know I'm not alone :)Glad to know I'm not alone :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-40333244064314867272013-08-15T11:00:10.629-07:002013-08-15T11:00:10.629-07:00if pizza-popsicles can be a thing, then line-seep ...if pizza-popsicles can be a thing, then line-seep can be too ;)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-78418729410537375812013-08-06T12:29:17.571-07:002013-08-06T12:29:17.571-07:00I only read at night so doesn’t interfere with my ...I only read at night so doesn’t interfere with my writing and I “learn” how to write from some of the books I read.suehttp://sassyspeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-16819169445935351282013-08-06T10:06:29.479-07:002013-08-06T10:06:29.479-07:00I think my writing improves quite a bit if I read ...I think my writing improves quite a bit if I read something of a similar genre/style recently, without getting so similar that it rips off what I'm reading. In order to learn how to write a genre well, you pretty much have to read it. I wanted to write some sci-fi, so I started reading Orson Scott Card's books (referring to a year or so ago).Patrick Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690555802232025818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-50367165255148453122013-08-06T09:23:14.354-07:002013-08-06T09:23:14.354-07:00YES. I read while I write, but limitedly so I don&...YES. I read while I write, but limitedly so I don't get sucked into another story. I actually find the more I read, the less influenced I am by other people's voice/style. At the same time, the easier it is to truly recognize something that stands out above the crowd, and learn from it. <br /><br />Granted, when I was younger, I was swayed by every word I read. I got in a Dickens phase, Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-85100013127095651672013-08-06T08:38:03.794-07:002013-08-06T08:38:03.794-07:00Actually, if I'm reading YA while writing YA, ...Actually, if I'm reading YA while writing YA, I do tend to adopt aspects of the voice of the book I'm reading, but it's always only for like three pages, and then I get back to my own voice, and then when I'm rereading it later I'm always like "what happened here? This... is not my writing." But it's always so blatantly different from my natural style that it'Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-58805224212030355332013-08-06T07:27:28.124-07:002013-08-06T07:27:28.124-07:00I don't get it either. I do read and write at ...I don't get it either. I do read and write at the same time and it hasn't effected my writing, and I haven't adopted another author's style (although I do wish I could steal Maggie Stiefvater's style). I haven't heard this until recently, interesting. prerna picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207620652405474672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-77667694774861443892013-08-06T07:13:32.212-07:002013-08-06T07:13:32.212-07:00For me it's not adopting the style but I have ...For me it's not adopting the style but I <i>have</i> outright stolen lines from a novel I was reading and only realized I'd done that on the read-through of the novel after I was done it; idea/line-seep is pretty much my reason for not doing it. <br /><br />(Is line-seep a word? I guess it is now.)alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.com