tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post116993406993119712..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Whatever worksEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1170010657146906382007-01-28T10:57:00.000-08:002007-01-28T10:57:00.000-08:00Not reading fiction would be tantamount to putting...Not reading fiction would be tantamount to putting me in jail. In solitary. If I happen to pick up something and incorporate it into something I'm writing, sue me. It's worth the risk to be able to read fiction anytime, all the time.Sandra Scoppettonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149336752789641751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1169995237941503702007-01-28T06:40:00.000-08:002007-01-28T06:40:00.000-08:00I know a number of younger authors who believe tha...I know a number of younger authors who believe that reading someone else's fiction while working on your own leads to an involuntary absorption and reflection of that author's style.<BR/>Perhaps it's true for them, but this seems oversensitive to me.<BR/><BR/>If it held true for me than I would have absorbed the style of some of the finest writers of all time and, alas, it's all too obvious that this is not the case.<BR/><BR/>Reading good prose is energizing. It reminds me of the end I want to reach, and not necessarily the way I want to get there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1169994274861630782007-01-28T06:24:00.000-08:002007-01-28T06:24:00.000-08:00I can't imagine not reading fiction. I'm not sure...I can't imagine not reading fiction. I'm not sure I could survive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1169970158784876442007-01-27T23:42:00.000-08:002007-01-27T23:42:00.000-08:00I don't read or watch any type of television of mo...I don't read or watch any type of television of movies in the genre I'm currently writing in, but I'm always reading something. I started doing that years ago, when I decided that it was possible that I might unconsciously grab a phrase or tone that I liked and that fit, but didn't belong to me. Seems to have worked so far. I think.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>RussellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com