tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post7809875688003165324..comments2023-05-28T08:56:00.108-07:00Comments on Specnology: Writing InfluencesAnassahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554524219883438465noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-22087387808769937542010-10-28T13:20:25.744-07:002010-10-28T13:20:25.744-07:00I agree. I don't think I write like other peop...I agree. I don't think I write like other people, but I definitely see the influence that their ideas and styles of structuring a story have had on me. <br /><br />I am also impatient. I wish my own style would hurry up and become developed, so I knew how it is that I write!Hannahhttp://hannahbowman.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-77026918074115759432010-10-28T11:50:04.009-07:002010-10-28T11:50:04.009-07:00Cori - Yeah, I want to stay myself too. It would j...Cori - Yeah, I want to stay myself too. It would just be wonderful if I could achieve the level of mastery other people have. (Preferably yesterday. I'm impatient.)Anassahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554524219883438465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-56585563904276373212010-10-27T14:03:28.001-07:002010-10-27T14:03:28.001-07:00Hm... influences are always fun to write about. :...Hm... influences are always fun to write about. :)<br /><br />I try really hard not to 'lift' things from what I read, but I have such a bad memory that I'm sure I do it and don't even realize it. But it happens... I guess. But I try to be real and my own.<br /><br />I think I agree with you, though. There aren't many specific authors that really influence me. There are many authors I really enjoy reading: Garth Nix, Jim Butcher, Diane Wynn Jones, Robert Aspirin, etc... but I'm not sure I write like them at all. <br /><br />...and honestly, I'm not sure I'd <i>want</i> to. It'd be awesome to be that popular and actually make money and such, but I like MY style of writing and I want to be known for MY writing, not for being a lot like so-and-so. I think it's cool being myself and being unique, whether or not it ever gets me anywhere. <br /><br />I know I'm probably not as 'unique' in my writing as a lot of people, but whatever. I don't poke the balloon too much or it'll pop. :D<br /><br />As for magic, I'm not sure any book really did it for me, creating magic. It was folktales, my grandmother's stories, and my own reverent respect for nature and all it's hellish beauty that did it. I see magic as <i>life</i> - a part of it, inside each of us, what gives us life and all the special things that go with it. I'm picky with the 'science' aspect of magic - mostly if it doesn't make sense to me or seems really silly, I don't like reading about it. :)<br /><br />Lovin' the blog updates.<br /><br />-CoriDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982511520901203039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-21235128312403426312010-10-27T12:26:31.590-07:002010-10-27T12:26:31.590-07:00I saw! I haven't read, but I will. Tonight som...I saw! I haven't read, but I will. Tonight sometime, probably. :-)<br /><br />One of my most recent attacks was when I discovered that no, I wasn't the only person writing superhero fantasy… At some point I'll get the nerve to read the other stuff, though I already know I'm not doing the same thing with the heroes.Anassahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554524219883438465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-29464496932702092152010-10-27T11:14:07.712-07:002010-10-27T11:14:07.712-07:00I just wrote a post about this. It contains a long...I just wrote a post about this. It contains a long digression about my views of magic, mostly. It's interesting that you're on the particle side of the fence, because I think I rely more on the 'wave' nature of magic. :-)<br /><br />I'm glad I'm not the only one who freaks out. Seriously, every time I read a book I see a similarity to my WIP. Every single time. :-)Hannahhttp://hannahbowman.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-23806302269962403992010-10-25T14:40:02.167-07:002010-10-25T14:40:02.167-07:00Oh, you want to talk about freak-outs? I could tel...Oh, you want to talk about freak-outs? I could tell you stories. Mostly about things that have been invented since I wrote them into my WIP, but … yes, freak-outs happen over here, too. <br /><br />To me, that mental control is still required (we're not really <i>meant</i> to channel magic, and it's got a will of its own), and the energy field is still sort of present (matter = energy). But magic's more a particle than anything else.Anassahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554524219883438465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524956602794499164.post-75963568419403382952010-10-25T14:29:30.828-07:002010-10-25T14:29:30.828-07:00Interesting! I'll post more on this on Wednesd...Interesting! I'll post more on this on Wednesday. I also like to think I only allude to other books, rather than lifting things (don't we all?) but I tend to freak out and notice every similarity, no matter how trivial, when I'm reading something, and then have to remind myself it's okay to be influenced by other books. And that there are no really original ideas. :-)<br /><br />I like the way you express the Dust from The Golden Compass. I never thought of it that way. It's an interesting view of magic, too, because it's really very different from the way I think of magic (sort of manipulation of an energy field, generally, where the field is less important than the mental control of it).Hannahhttp://hannahbowman.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com