Ahhh input days
This is my favorite time. When I give myself a break from the writing and relax with some good books. I'm not one of those writers who can compartmentalize what they read and what they write. If I were to read, say, Alexander McCall Smith and then try to write my own characters dialogue I'd end up with Annie sounding like Precious from The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and Lorna sounding like someone from 44 Scotland Street. This would be a frustrating disaster so I have my "input" days. Before I start outlining book 3 The Rot is Deep I've chose 4 books for myself.
In case you can't see that it's: Left Hand of Darkness. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Mandelbaum Gate. and F is for Fugitive. (Okay you shut up. I like Sue Grafton.)
It's quite a variety. But all very well written. I wasn't always very conscious about my input days, I read as much of anything and everything I could get my hands on. But as I get less and less of these days I'm more careful. I think maybe my input days are directly correlated to my output days (days spent writing and rewriting). And I no longer want to read things that are not as close to perfect in syntax, grammar, and story arc as they can be. It is an experiment, so we'll see.
In case you can't see that it's: Left Hand of Darkness. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Mandelbaum Gate. and F is for Fugitive. (Okay you shut up. I like Sue Grafton.)
It's quite a variety. But all very well written. I wasn't always very conscious about my input days, I read as much of anything and everything I could get my hands on. But as I get less and less of these days I'm more careful. I think maybe my input days are directly correlated to my output days (days spent writing and rewriting). And I no longer want to read things that are not as close to perfect in syntax, grammar, and story arc as they can be. It is an experiment, so we'll see.
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