Writing and style.

[foxmonkey]

I've wondered about this one a lot over the years. Today's question:

Style. Are there writers you can pick out by style alone? If so, what is it that you recognize? If you're a writer, is having a recognizable style important to you? Why or why not?

Comments

[jewelianna.livejournal.com]

There are certainly writers who have a style I don't enjoy, and looking at it from that perspective, it's fairly easy to find. I want there to be a moving plot, some dialogue. Stories that take place all in someone's head drive me absolutely crazy, and there are some authors who will write pages of description or memories of a character without any action or conversation. I don't want to name names when I'm saying I don't like a style, but I feel there are people who flow with that that more 'arty' style of writing which is definitely not my preferred style as a reader.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

There are certainly writers who have a style I don't enjoy, and looking at it from that perspective, it's fairly easy to find.

And it's funny, you're right. I was reading a story yesterday and a couple of paragraphs in I thought, Yeeks! It's that girl who...; I scrolled up to find the author's name and I was right. ;-)