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Will copying other classic authors' work make you a better writer? Will copying other classic authors' work make you a better writer?
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Old 10-12-2008, 07:06 AM   #16
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Thompson did that with Fitzgerald. Might work. Can't hurt.
I think it could hurt. Everyone should have their own style. Of couse we are influenced by all we read. But I can't see much benefit from copying. Surely copiers risk inhibiting their own creativity in dogma.
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