Thank you Dennis, I'm happy that it was worth your time and I will check your suggestion. Unfortunately, or fortunately, based on the point of view, I'm lost in something that I'd hardly call a book, Infinite Jest by Foster Wallace. Infinite by name and fact, nomen omen.
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I looked up I.J. - and it does seem that a person could get caught up in it for awhile. But, this summer I'm going to need a mind occupier and I'll put it on my list. Thanks
It's a real mind trip and it helped me a lot to improve my writing style. One of those books that, while you read them, you see the world through the book's specs. I don't know if this happens to you too..
It happens upon rare occasions, but it can. Sometimes, tho, it's like good music or a movie...it depends on my mood. I'm not sure if I go after a style so much as just trying to make a readable story.
My idea of going after a style usually is to ask myself "how the heck he could write something like this?" ;-)
I'm with you. To me, there's a flow in good writing. I'll read thru the flow, and then look back, smile, and think, Damn, that was a good ride. I guess it's like a great song: I listen to it, enjoy it, then ask how they do it and what appealed to me in it. I guess that's why I can read a good book a few times.