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Sarah
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« on: June 13, 2007 »
It seems interesting for me to ask such a question:

Which author (s) has/have influenced your writing style?

Is there someone whom your consider your teacher? Other authors have either direct or indirect impact on our writings. It could be well-known fiction writer, it could be a poet from XIXth century or it could be your editor at newspaper.

So please answer to my topic and later I will post my thoughts about it.
If the person is not famous (i.e. editor or a college tutor) - write shortly about him (her).
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2007 »
I used to read detective stories by Agatha Cristie so I may think that he influenced my writing style. I noticed she used many repetitions  but don’t know why.
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2007 »
Repetitions used intentionally serve to point out to some details etc. If not used intentionally it can be the sign of poor writing style. Hope you are aware that it’s a popular error of beginners.

It’s to say who influenced my writing style. I believe there are several authors like Charles Dickens, Mark Twen, Heminguey.
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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2007 »
I'm sure that Stephen King influenced me very much
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2007 »
I will name two writers whom I consider my favourite. They were extremely influential for my style.
They are:
- Jane Austen
and  - Emili Dickinson
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2007 »
William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens,  John Stuart Mill, Rudyard Kipling and several other writers
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2007 »
Quote from: Alan on June 15, 2007
I'm sure that Stephen King influenced me very much

In what way I'd like to know, that's a cheap fiction for masses.
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2007 »
Emily Dickerson, Langston Hughes, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Maya Angelou (my favorite), Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tutmen, ML King, FDR(2nd favorite), Virgina Wolfe, Zora Neale Hurston are just to name a few i like to read. Reading these items and more kept me in good company as a child, it's all I had.
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2007 »
Quote from: lilbitcraze on June 22, 2007
Emily Dickerson, Langston Hughes, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Maya Angelou (my favorite), Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tutmen, ML King, FDR(2nd favorite), Virgina Wolfe, Zora Neale Hurston are just to name a few i like to read. Reading these items and more kept me in good company as a child, it's all I had.

Nice list! Although I don't know everyone from it.
But if it's really all that you had as a child it's pretty sad.
Literature cannot substitute family, friends...
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« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2007 »
Quote from: lilbitcraze on June 22, 2007
Emily Dickerson, Langston Hughes, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Maya Angelou (my favorite), Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tutmen, ML King, FDR(2nd favorite), Virgina Wolfe, Zora Neale Hurston are just to name a few i like to read. Reading these items and more kept me in good company as a child, it's all I had.

You've made a mistake in "Emily Dickinson" once more.
Seems that this is not occidentally.
And as I see you have many Nig.., sorry Afro-American writers
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« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2007 »
I don't know
I don't know exactly
but I suppose that some authors have made impact on my style
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2008 »
Fitzgerald has had the most profound impact.
Then, there's Hawthorne. And Shakespeare. And though I hate to admit it, I was slightly influenced by Rowling, since I did read the seven books.
However, Fitzgerald has had the most significant impact on my writing.
Also, Steinbeck had some impact on me, and so did Faulkner.
If there's one person who hasn't impacted me, it's Hemingway. And I'll admit that I'm a little frustrated with the modern novel. People who have no talent at all cash in on novel writing. They write like high-schoolers, and high schoolers who take no thought into anything but the plot of the story.
Which makes me frustrated. Very frustrated. Where did the Great American Novel go? Can't anybody write a piece of fiction that's so elegantly crafted, in addition to having such a fine plot, that it resonates within the very core of American literature for ages?
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