Hey all,
Right now, I want to talk to you all about the importance of learning from previous writers. The mantra of today is; "Learn the past, for those who do not know the history are doomed to repeat it."
We all have writers we admire, and all for various reasons. You might appreciate their style, their rhythm, or maybe how they innovated and pioneered. Understanding and embracing the work of other writers in extremely important and can even help you find yourself and a writer.
Personally, I read the work of Jack Kerouac and adopted the "Stream of Consciousness" form for my own poetry and journal writing. I appreciate Shakespeare and his uses of tragedy and learned that not every story needs to get a happy ending. Not to mention writers like Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman who prove that normality it not a necessity to both successfulness and reality.
Also, why not surround yourself with other of the same trade? Befriend other writers and use their work to further your own (and I'm not saying you should plagiarise and such).
Just a side note, I want to just take a moment for Dr. Maya Angelou who passed away at 86, earlier today. Thank you for letting us see so much of the world through your eyes, for so long.
Happy writing.
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