Post by account_disabled on Dec 24, 2023 3:42:44 GMT
Cormac McCarthyEach of us has our favorite writers, the ones we can't help but read. Writers whose works we buy as soon as they come out, without even knowing what they are. No, maybe this is not true, because we are so curious that we need to know every detail of the new book immediately. But it's just pure curiosity, because we already know that that novel will soon be in our library. These writers have a dual influence in some readers, like me. Those who love writing have their points of reference, they have their own narrative styles that they appreciate. Because that style of writing is indeed the author's, but it is also the reader's.
They are writers to emulate , but in the positive sense of the term. Emulate, don't copy. Because by copying them we would harm them and ourselves. They are writers to keep in mind, because they have a vision of the story, of the scenes, of the Special Data dialogues that we approve of, which we consider effective. A writer is always looking for the effectiveness of a scene and a dialogue. He cannot find this effectiveness without reading. He finds it thanks to those who came before him, who in turn found it from others. The writers to emulate are a sort of school of writing. Their lessons are useful for refining our style and helping it reach its maturity and originality. Once upon a time, when my readings were very few, I fell in love with Terry Brooks' style, after reading The Sword of Shannara .
It wasn't an original Terry Brooks, because it was a translation, but I imitated that style in my first attempts at creative writing. Then it was the turn of Poe and Lovecraft. Even today I like to write some stories keeping these two writers in mind. Lately I have discovered two authors who have unsurpassed synthesis and effectiveness, according to my standards, obviously. They are Cormac McCarthy and Riccardo Coltri . I will write two dedicated articles about them later. Now I mention them because they are my writers to emulate, it is their styles that I consider effective, because they contain drama and transport, because I just need to read a few lines to enter the world they describe.
They are writers to emulate , but in the positive sense of the term. Emulate, don't copy. Because by copying them we would harm them and ourselves. They are writers to keep in mind, because they have a vision of the story, of the scenes, of the Special Data dialogues that we approve of, which we consider effective. A writer is always looking for the effectiveness of a scene and a dialogue. He cannot find this effectiveness without reading. He finds it thanks to those who came before him, who in turn found it from others. The writers to emulate are a sort of school of writing. Their lessons are useful for refining our style and helping it reach its maturity and originality. Once upon a time, when my readings were very few, I fell in love with Terry Brooks' style, after reading The Sword of Shannara .
It wasn't an original Terry Brooks, because it was a translation, but I imitated that style in my first attempts at creative writing. Then it was the turn of Poe and Lovecraft. Even today I like to write some stories keeping these two writers in mind. Lately I have discovered two authors who have unsurpassed synthesis and effectiveness, according to my standards, obviously. They are Cormac McCarthy and Riccardo Coltri . I will write two dedicated articles about them later. Now I mention them because they are my writers to emulate, it is their styles that I consider effective, because they contain drama and transport, because I just need to read a few lines to enter the world they describe.