Writers You Emulate

From Mibba, paper bag. & The Way are my main two.Though I can and will never be as good as they are. :twitch:

Every book I read leaves a mark on me and that's why I keep reading at a frenetic pace. :weird
I don't think you can replace talent by reading a lot, but that reading and getting in touch with as many writing styles, characters, plots and words as possible will definitely help you write better. However, I think magic realism writers had the biggest effect on me and most -if not all- of my stories have a dreamy/surreal feeling.

Tom Fletcher.:

From Mibba, paper bag. & The Way are my main two.Though I can and will never be as good as they are. :twitch:

Sam! :cheese: :arms:

I kind of agree with Andy. My stuff is heavily influenced by the things I read most, even if I don't consciously put it in. Mostly what works themselves into the text are memorable lines of description, which I find myself thinking about and interpreting so what goes in my stories are all original works.

Yeah, I've said this before, but when you read something, there's usually something about it that sticks out in your brain. In terms of style or technique or vocab.

In poetry, I went through two phases: one where I tried to be like Gerard Way and Davey Havok and one where I tried to be like Billie Joe.

Prose...I take differen things from different authors. For a long time my narrative style was very much influenced by J.K Rowling's.

Sometimes Ryan. But it's more when I'm writing a story based around him and I need narration that stumbles from his head. I don't try to force it, but I do try to make things a little... weirder? odder? more... unique? more... whatever he is. I'm not sure.

When it comes to poetry, Jaime Sabines is the one that inspires me and has influenced a lot of my poems. I like how he simply doesn't right everything with metric and all those rules imposed to poetry, but the writing is simply beautiful and somehow rhythmic.

Alucard -Vivre mort:

Lemony Snicket, Anne Rice, and Lewis Carroll.

Several readers have told me about the similarities of my writing with Lewis Carroll's Alice books.

Just one readers has caught up some of Lemony Snicket in my stories.

Anne Rice simply inspires me, but I have little to no similitues in my work compares to hers... she just inspires me to use poetic devices on my writing.

Lewis Carroll. No. Way! I never guessed. :tehe

Ellen Hopkins, for sure.
She puts so much into so little words. It's just

Dante, Shakespeare, and Poe. I'm a sucker for the classics. Also Paul Coehelo, (I know I didn't spell that right) is so amazing and developing plot I just love his writing.

The Way:

Neil Gaiman.
The rest are online writers :shifty

Neil Gaiman! I love him and he's certainly influenced the way I write even if it isn't obvious.

Other writers that inspire and influence me are J.D Salinger, Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis and Meg Rosoff.

I thought of a new one, there's this guy in my class, and every word that comes out his mouth is complete perfection, in our english coursework, we had to write a short story, and he just did it ther and then, no draft, no editing, he's inhuman

-envy-

My inspiration to become a writer was actually from my 8th Grade English Teacher, Mr. Megna. He was writing a book when I had him and was attempting to get it published, and often he would assign a story prompt or use our vocab words in some sort of drabble.
And then there's Kurt Vonnegut. : I fell in love with his work after reading his short story Harrison Bergeron in 9th Grade. That love was confirmed with his novel Cat's Cradle. It's a crooked yet fantastic book, and I greatly recomnend it if you're interested in Sci-Fi. Reading Vonnegut's work is was triggered my dream of someday publishing a novel.
A lot of my writing is also inspired by the two famous fairy tale writers, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, and then there's the book American Pyscho by Bret Easton Ellis. That book made me realize how much of a sick mind I truley have. :
Wow, I really didn't mean to go on such a rampage... But it was great to get out. :mrgreen:

xxSunsetEnvy:

and then there's the book American Pyscho by Bret Easton Ellis. That book made me realize how much of a sick mind I truley have. :

That book is a fucking disgrace. I love it. :]]]]]]
So yeah, Bret Easton Ellis, because he's the biggest freak ever.
Chuckie P. Cos he's the ruler of the free world. :file:
Not many Mibba peeps, but there are two in particular I adore, and I've ranted on about them too often before, so yeah. I'll leave it at that. :]

Gerimus.:

Dante, Shakespeare, and Poe. I'm a sucker for the classics. Also Paul Coehelo, (I know I didn't spell that right) is so amazing and developing plot I just love his writing.

:tehe: I do too. Dante's works are

Some are mibbians :shifty

Mostly online writers. :XD
Bastard Son.
The Way
carcinogenic
terby doll.

At least, I think I do I little bit.

And for a new one-shot I'm writing, I'm going with that casual third person style that I see around a lot on LJ.

The Way. Her description is so pretty and I try and copy her but it never seems to work out. :tehe:

saint gut-free and Tom Fletcher. They've both got a killer, unique style, I can't really put my finger on it. Beautiful description.

Druscilla. I fell in love with her story S/he. I don't know she sort of weaves in a cynical twist that always seems to be clever and witty. I wish I was witty.

And I have some more too which I may post later. I feel like a dork :weird.

Venomous.:

saint gut-free and Tom Fletcher. They've both got a killer, unique style, I can't really put my finger on it. Beautiful description.

:cheese: Just... wow, thankyou. :arms:

I'm not sure if I could consciously name any published authors I emulate. I love Palahnuik's style, and I think he influences my story Barcode a little because it's in first person and the narrative is quite sarcastic, but Palahnuik is more unique, nihilstic and extreme than I am. I agree with the person who said that you'll see the word differently after reading his work, though. It's driven me to try and write something with a different take on situations, though I'm still struggling to do that.

Venomous.:

saint gut-free and Tom Fletcher. They've both got a killer, unique style, I can't really put my finger on it. Beautiful description.

Woahhh, thank you.

Well, carcinogenic is a really big influence to me. I don't think my writing is too much like hers, but I re-read her work when I'm looking for inspiration if I'm stuck. :tehe:

Ellen Hopkins is my favorite author of all time. I adore her books because of how realistic they are. Whenever I read her books I can see the whole thing playing in my head like a movie, and each book strikes a chord in me somehow, some way, and it really gives me a place to escape to, and that is always exactly what I look for in any type of writing. She has talent I would kill to have even a tenth of. I admire her writing so freaking much.

Janet Fitch is a big one, too. The way she describes things in her writing seriously blows me away. She has a way of making everything just sound so beautiful. It's almost poetic. I try and copy her style a little bit, but it's impossible. Every time I re-read White Oleander, I'm blown away by all these distinct metaphors, and I can just get lost into her words forever. It's fucking gorgeous. She's just...agh. I can't even explain it. She's just amazing. :cheese:

On Mibba, I really admire Leanne's (Rose Red) writing because of how well she captures emotion in whatever she writes, be it a one-shot or a full-length story, and she's really good at giving me a reaction to whatever little details are in there. Every time I read something of hers that's a bit gory, I cringe, if it's sad, I want to cry. I love anything that makes me react like that. I seriously envy her. Plus, she's very good at cliff-hangers. :tehe:

Several mibbian writers. :tehe: