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Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:16:21 2019 No.13384200 [Reply] [Original]

How do I stop trying to ape Tolstoy when I write?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:21:10 2019 No.13384228 File: 8 KB, 509x619, 8e8.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13384200 I wish I could ape Tolstoy. All I ape are Pynchon and DFW.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:22:12 2019 No.13384234 >>13384200 Steal from him as much as legally permissible

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:22:23 2019 No.13384236 >>13384200 Use a mixture of all the authors you like instead of just one.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:23:03 2019 No.13384242 >>13384200 stop writing or better kill yourself you worthless piece of shit

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:23:12 2019 No.13384243 Does it matter? Writing style and prose is a meme to get pseuds to recommend your book. What matters is the themes you tackle

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 29 17:42:07 2019 No.13384341 File: 37 KB, 1127x685, 1460623005667[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13384236 I haven't read anyone but Tolstoy.