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AUSTIN KLEON: Don't steal the style, steal the thinking behind the style.

austinkleon:

Caught this NPR piece with columnist Crawford Kilian who advises young writers to avoid novels like On The Road and Catcher in The Rye, because they’re too good, and their styles are “so seductive” that they might “seduce a young writer into imitating them.”

God forbid!

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    Truth. Listened to the interview earlier today and looked Kilian up actually, and loved what he had to say.
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    I find it interesting to have this kind of conversation on Tumblr, given the way Tumblr works.
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