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[ryfitaDF]

what are some writers that have inspired your style?

Slipknot got me into writing back in 8th grade. they could swear all they want and defy conformity and use big words all at once! well, they were big words for me at the time. heh.

for the past year and a half a HUGE influence for me has been cradle of filth lyrics. read some. it's like Poe meets the bible on speed. no joke.

and, even though i seldom listen to it, emo has incredible lyrics. they're not as good as boy-crazy girls give it creit for, but they use great metephores and extensive, rare vocabulary.

[Ekay]

Well, what inspired my writing style is from love songs. Or from slow jams because it sounds smooth and well yeah. That's where I pretty much get my inspiration.

[inthemudhole]

Songs, mostly..
I don't show much of my work. =X

[PinkTrash]

Emo stuff. :) omgzsoemo

[jambaJUICE]

Reading... and the voices.
And surely most of us know the Voices.
They`re our Writing Muse, our Knowledge.
At least.. our Unknown Knowledge.
the Voices only come when your mind let`s them.

Most of the time, it`s "late at night" around 1am - 3am.
Or those times where, "You do you`re best thinking"

[ryfitaDF]

^ i'll second that. some of my best ideas come when i'm half asleep. no lie.

[*Kathleen*]

it's like Poe meets the bible on speed. no joke.

I've never thought of it that way, but yes, it definitely fits that description.

and, even though i seldom listen to it, emo has incredible lyrics. they're not as good as boy-crazy girls give it creit for, but they use great metephores and extensive, rare vocabulary.

That's why I listen to it.

As for my influences, I'd say Poe, Dickens, Jhonen Vasquez (), Charlotte Bronte - the typical classic writers. And just from everywhere. I read so much - influence comes to me in every book I pick up.

[Ekay]

^ i'll second that. some of my best ideas come when i'm half asleep. no lie.

Same here. That and when I have some peace and solitude(shower ). Or when I've heard a really good song. It just gets me inspired to write.

[TheSilenceInDict...]

^ i'll second that. some of my best ideas come when i'm half asleep. no lie.

I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night with a line, write it down and the next day I work around it.
Sometimes it's just a line or even a whole idea.
I'm sure 2 or 3 of the pieces of work I've submitted here were results of that.

[WhiteLotus*]

Poe definetly inspires me. I had to write a short story for school , and my teacher was like," Oh my gosh! This is so Poe-like.

Evnescence inspires me in my dark poetry.