It is normal, in the early stages of being a writer, that you imitate other writers. Throughout practice, practice, practice, you will find your own writing style.
http://collectiveinkwell.com/2009/05/20/10-ways-to-find-your-writing-style/
The link above is a very informative article with tips on how to find your writing style.
I tend to be a bit of a narrative poet. I love telling stories with my poems.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
"If you do not read, you do not have the tools to write."
Stephen King said this in his wonderful book On Writing, and he couldn't be more correct. By reading, whether you write fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, you gain a broader vocabulary, an appreciate for other forms, and develop your own writing style.
I'm now reading Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, and this quote really stuck out to me, because I've never heard day changing to evening described quite like this before:
"Like a woman who had slipped off her print dress and white apron to array herself in blue and pearls, the day changed, put off stuff, took gauze, changed to evening, and with the same sigh of exhilaration that a woman breathes, tumbling petticoats on the floor, it too shed dust, heat, colour; the traffic thinned; motor cars, tinkling, darting, succeeding the lumber of vans; and here and there among the thick foliage of the squares an intense light hung."
Stephen King has been my favorite author since I was a teenager. I love his ways of description, and his ways have definitely influenced my poetry writing. Here is one of my favorite descriptions of his:
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure."
I'm now reading Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, and this quote really stuck out to me, because I've never heard day changing to evening described quite like this before:
"Like a woman who had slipped off her print dress and white apron to array herself in blue and pearls, the day changed, put off stuff, took gauze, changed to evening, and with the same sigh of exhilaration that a woman breathes, tumbling petticoats on the floor, it too shed dust, heat, colour; the traffic thinned; motor cars, tinkling, darting, succeeding the lumber of vans; and here and there among the thick foliage of the squares an intense light hung."
Stephen King has been my favorite author since I was a teenager. I love his ways of description, and his ways have definitely influenced my poetry writing. Here is one of my favorite descriptions of his:
"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure."
Comment below on your favorite description from your favorite novel/poem is! I am curious to know. :)
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