It's time to test the theory if "good artists copy; great artists steal" and discover how copying an author you admire can actually help your writing! And thanks to my patrons, I'll be trying to write in the style of....Neil Gaiman!!
0:00 Parameters of the experiment (read a lot, write a lot)
2:21 Reading Neil Gaiman's work and figuring out what makes his style unique.
12:23 Transcribing over and over and over and over again so that it sticks!
12:52 Writing the short story!
18:12 And it turns out, I write like..........!
19:00 Wrap-up thoughts, an inspirational quote in View From The Cheap Seats about copying, and questions for you!!
☟↓ QUESTIONS FOR YOU BELOOOOOW! ↓☟
D I S C U S S I O N Q U E S T I O N S :
Have you ever accidentally copied the style of an author you're currently reading?
If you were to try this experiment, is there anything you would change?
Who's your favorite author?
Conversely, who's a wildly popular author who's style you recognize as being great....just not your cup of tea?
And finally, what do you think of the classic adage "good artists copy; great artists steal"?
If you want to find out which famous author you write like, you can test it out here: https://www.codingrobots.com/iwl/
(It's silly and fun and addictive.)
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