Hmm... Description like Cornelia Funke, character like Llyod Alexander, action like Sam Enthoven. Seriously, if there could be some sort of super writer that could do all of this, I think everyone would aspire to be like them. I know I wish I could do all of that like them.
sez who?!... there doesn't 'have to be' something/anything, simply because you say there is... not everyone is envious of others, you know... admittedly, those who are not may be few and far between, but we do exist... not that i see envy as one of the seven deadly sins, because i don't believe in religion, but just that to me, it's a useless waste of energy and serves no useul purpose...
I was going to post the exact same thing. I wish I could write down the story I visualize with simplicity, passion, emotion, humor, insight, and intelligence. Something apparently gets lost in the transfer of brain to ink.
My favorite authors inspire me to write better, but I do not consider adopting their style because I'm too engrossed in their stories. It's the crappy authors that motivate me.
I love to be able to write similar to Cornelia Funke, her descriptions are amazing and she has a way of weaving a story that instantly and completely pulls you in and make you a part of it. However, that being said, I still want to write my own way and own style, especially now that I'm to the point I'm starting to see what that is. The quality and skill in her writing is definately a huge influence on my writing though.
Ooh I second that. I think its definitely a Japanese thing - there are a huge number of writers, directors and artists who have this insurpassable sense of the surreal. If you get the chance, try to find the film Survive Style 5+. I think you'd enjoy it; it's definitely surreal, though not quite as 'hard-boiled' (like what I did there? ) as Murakami's writing.
It's true, but at least it keeps reading suspenseful. I'm truly afraid for the characters as I read where as with another of my favorite authors, R.A. Salvatore, I never have to be afraid because I know the characters will never die. And if they do, they'll somehow come back. He really needs to start killing off character, IMO. It would make things more interesting.
I want to be able to write like the little devil that sits on my shoulder - dude comes up with some crazy stuff.
There's a poet/songwriter from Oregon named Nathan Moore. I want to write like myself, but I'd be lying if I said I don't envy what that man can do with words.
C.S. Lewis: clear, concise, able to portray incredibly deep ideas in terms so simple that almost anyone willing can understand them.
Well he made me stop reading. I don't like reading about Daenarys(?) but I think Jon Snow was still alive and I like him. But honestly it got boring. I like when Jamie Lannister got owned though
I didn't like reading about Daenarys at first either, but it was just starting to get interesting. Spoiler Lannister getting "owned" was a crucial moment for that character and, I'd wager, probably the best thing to ever happen to him. It really made him look and examine other people and himself. Nothing like a proper humbling experience to turn someone into a "good guy."
William Blake's way of writing is superb. Auguries of Innocence is particularly mind boggling, and a taste of fresh 15th century rhetoric. The way he writes just keeps you thinking and thinking, and they're full of potent rhymes and that make you go "GAAAH! The awesomeness!". Poe is just full of dreary bleakness that makes you write with morbidity as well.
I'd love to write like Edgar Allen Poe. He's so bleak and yet so morbidly mysterious, it draws you in.
No, not that part. I did realize that Narnia was some sort of Heaven and Aslan a metaphor for God, but that's not why I want to write like him. He can express so much with so little words. I'd like to be able to do that, just write a short sentence that when read carries the feel of a paragraph.
I am no fan of the "wardrobe" series, however metaphors aside, some of Lewis's works really allowed you to get into the character's mind. I envy that about him.