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Emil Ottoman's avatar

Thank you, it's mostly because I'm obsessive. My output only comes in two formats. EVERYTHINGRIGHTTHEFUCKNOW or *weeks pass, I sip tea, I prepare, I sit down at the keyboard* EVERYTHIINGRIGHTTHEFUCKNOW. Also, drills. I drill myself. I'm a sentence level writer with a systems thinker's brain. If you actually saw me write, you'd be amazed at how fast I can backspace a sentence. I've also read, I've read a lot, I've worked with a lot of very talented people, and learned from a lot of very talented and skilled writers, and I pay very good attention.

But I do have to be careful sometimes, I'm very much a mimic. I'll steal a voice in a heartbeat and run with it. That's how I found my voice, I stole from other voices until I had one voice, then another, then another, and eventually while you can TELL it's my writing, hopefully the voices are distinct enough from story to story for there to be a continuity of style, but everything I write is bespoke for what I'm writing towards.

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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

On the last part-- it shows. From what I've read, the prose serves the character's voice while retaining your distinct style.

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Emil Ottoman's avatar

Shut the fuck up, I’m blushing now, see what you did!

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