It amuses me to see my writing style is affected by what im reading . When I was heavily into Dion Fortune my sentences were very long and drawn out . When Im reading Aleister Crowley my sentences become contorted and more contradicting and complex . Other blogs I read affect my writing style too . Sometimes producing short fact based sentences , sometimes adding a smooth rhythm or a little sophistication to what Ive written . We pick up what we've read subconsciously and reproduce it in our own writing style .
I remember seeing on the news the results of an MRI scan of people who had been given classic novels to read . New areas of thier brains were light up suggesting new activity and thought . This doesn't surprise me after what ive just written . Of course there will be deeper repercussions from reading the classics , but thats a darker territory
I do the same thing.
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