Who do you write like?

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  1. Selbbin

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    Like a cat that puked on the carpet after eating too much salmon.
     
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    Overall I have a very fluid style of writing; about the only thing that anyone has ever told me about it after reading my work is that I have a very "mysterious" and "conversational" style, one that is as welcoming as it is rich and engrossing, as well as "poetic" with a flowing and natural feel. Overall I have never really felt drawn to mimic the style of another writer, in part because I have always highly valued unique voices and a sense of individuality in writing; though this could be in part because I enjoy writing first-person narratives from a range of viewpoints, which is where that type of style shines.

    Overall I would personally say that my style is a "flexible" one, particularly given that I've done a share bit of ghostwriting where it's essential to understand what makes a particular writer's voice their own, and I use voice itself as an essential element in my writing in order to get things like character across in a way that makes every story feel unique depending on the topic, age, and mentality of the protagonists especially.
     
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    I like to be concise and simple. Complexity in brevity. I think less is more. I'm very attracted to Hemingways ice berg theory.
     
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    All the usual suspects people like me try to emulate in an effort to sound cool and 'real'; Kerouac, HS Thomson, Bukowski, Hemmingway, Fante. Difference is those guys weren't forcing their style.
     
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    Before videogames consumed me, I mostly read Heinlein and I loved Douglas Adams for his absurdity. I would love to say I write kinda like that, but realistically, I would have to admit that I write like a linguistically limited sixteen year old, which was fine twenty-six years ago.
     
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