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Murray Graham
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PostWhat reading (insert genre) taught me...

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:43 pm
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The favourite genre topic got me thinking about the reading I've done in other genres, and what it has taught me. For example,I mentioned that I spent a summer reading nothing but Louis Lamour westerns. While I havern't read one in a long time, what still sticks with me was Lamour's ability to sketch a scene for his reader with a few well chosen sentences, so unlike the overwrought prose that seems to be sadly in the ascendant these days. I still make a concious effort to get the most information to the reader in the most economical way in my own writing.

I was wondering if anyone else has an example of inspiration or technique drawn from outside the speculative fiction genre?

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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:24 am
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Reading romance taught me how to recognize (and hopefully stay away from) formulaic storytelling.
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