I don't really mimic the style I'm reading. My problem was that shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible were so in my head that if I wasnt careful I'd get into the mimickry. I thought I'd never get out of it. But I've managed to control it. Basically by really getting to know the feel of the story.
Don't worry, your own voice will get control of itself and put all other voices in their place. -C -- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "my_current_identity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It isn't the plots that I end up mimicking. It the style. Which could > bring chaos to a story written in one style that all of a sudden gets > a Victorian turn of speech for one chapter, followed by a hard SF > brittle tone, followed by something else.
