Okay, is it just me?
Jun. 16th, 2010 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carolecummingsBecause sometimes, it really is.
Another is to 'cheat' and simply find books by authors that have a style you like. At first it will rub off in a copycat fashion, but eventually you'll get your own distinctive thing going.
All right, is it just me, or is this the worst piece of writing advice ever?
I saw this offered in a comm to a writer who has just begun writing again after an apparent years-long break from it. The piece (a very short one) was quite nice, the prose rather lyrical, and the piece effective. But again, the writer had not been writing for a while and was looking for concrit, and mentioned that they were in the process of trying to re-find their writing voice. And that was the 'advice' someone gave them.
Someone tell me it's not just me?
Another is to 'cheat' and simply find books by authors that have a style you like. At first it will rub off in a copycat fashion, but eventually you'll get your own distinctive thing going.
All right, is it just me, or is this the worst piece of writing advice ever?
I saw this offered in a comm to a writer who has just begun writing again after an apparent years-long break from it. The piece (a very short one) was quite nice, the prose rather lyrical, and the piece effective. But again, the writer had not been writing for a while and was looking for concrit, and mentioned that they were in the process of trying to re-find their writing voice. And that was the 'advice' someone gave them.
Someone tell me it's not just me?
