To be honest, for me it's a toss up. I love the language of Mark Twain but I love the way Stephen King draws in his readers.
2006-10-14 21:28:10 · 11 answers · asked by Too Cool For Me 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
When I read I have to be drawn in by the author's use of the language. If he/she doesn't use language in an engaging fashion, I don't care what the content is, fiction or non, I cannot continue reading it after a chapter or two. There has to be some thought process behind the use of language, it just can't be flowery words strung together in an interesting fashion. I like authors who know how to present an idea, plant the seed of doubt and then proceed to prove their point and eliminate my objections. One book I read recently which did just that was "The Moral Animal" by Robert Wright. I love the way this guy's mind works and the way he develops and resolves his arguments, theories, ideas, what have you. And he does it with subtle and sometimes scathing (but always at the same time, subtle) humor. If you're not really paying attention, you can miss the humor. I would love to be able to write like Robert Wright.
2006-10-15 00:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a very frustrated writer. I guess the answer to that question depends on my mood at the time. I like Larry McMurtry and Louis L'Amour. Both weave a fantastic tale and both are historians and writers. L'Amour has a bad rap as being a "cowboy" author but perhaps his best work was set in Siberia in The Last of The Breed.
I really like McMurtry's way of developing characters. Robert Duval once told Larry King that British Actors aspired to play the role of Hamlet and that American Actors of the future would aspire to play the role of Augustus McRea.
2006-10-15 02:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by barrettins 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cormac McCarthy (wrote "All the Pretty Horses") God, that man can write! If only I could live long enough to learn how to write as beautifully as he does.
Stephen King is a great story teller, however he's often inconsistent and commercial. Then again, he's driving a Mercedes and I'm driving an old pickup truck......hmmmm.....
2006-10-14 21:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by cwriter2003 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dylan Thomas
Under Milkwood and A Child's Christmas in Wales are favourites
2006-10-15 02:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by Thisbysghost 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who could it be than the man who wrote "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten". Robert Fulghum, of course. I just love his style! Witty, inspiring, entertaining, enlightening...
2006-10-14 21:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by yellahfellah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jhonen Vasquez. That man is a genius and has a remarkable wit, plus is one of the only people on earth who can successfully make "random" seem legitimately funny.
2006-10-14 21:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by KdS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question. I think that you have to be careful to write in your own style but there should be some influences.. I like Vonnegutt for his easy yet imaginative style and I like Brautigan for his poetic use of prose.. I like that you got some thoughtful answers to your question as well..
2006-10-15 03:07:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Easy to read. Impossible to forget.
2006-10-14 22:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by Charlie Kicksass 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, if i were a writer,, i would definetly not like towrite in somebody else's style or mannerism, because that would mean i would channel my thought flow to that person's thought flow pattern.
but,in answer to your question, i guess i would adopt j.k.rowling's style or enid blyton.. i'm quite partial to my earliest favourite authors..cos i think that they are inimitable
2006-10-15 02:54:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
edgar allen poe. i like how he can turn an idea into words that instill fear. i wish i could articulate my thoughts as well as he could and give them that dark tone.
2006-10-14 21:31:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋