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Franzeska:
Read more literary fiction.  Lots of sf/f authors throw in some things they've borrowed from mystery/detective novels or spy novels or whatever, so I recommend reading non-genre fiction.  The more different things you read, the more you'll be stealing from everybody instead of just one person.

azjayp:
Solid suggestions Roar. I am going to tack on just a little to your suggestion. if you read a lot (which you really should be doing if you want to be a writer) for every book that you read, change the genre and generaly the style of writing. if you just want to read fantasy, though, you can always go from a solid jim butcher book, then switch up the writing style to Melanie Rawn, then throw in a David Gemel and poof, you have many diferent writing styles. if you want to go off to other genres, Leon Ulris has a style all his own that will help, then switch it over to Texas (i forgot the authors name). it will help to be reading such a diverse style of writers

comprex:

--- Quote from: SlimMason on April 02, 2008, 10:03:12 PM ---Is there an easy way to cleanse your pallet?

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fork lifts.

meg_evonne:
hmmmm, I like that.  Hang on, I'm moving the little nano fork lift in my brain now.  Yeah! That works GREAT.  Look, I even have a teeny tiny wash bay to keep everything clean.  Heading for my memory storage for MSL and Bob's postings as we speak!  Oh nano nano, I'm going to need a whole fleet for that area of my mind! 

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: meg_evonne on April 05, 2008, 03:02:30 PM ---hmmmm, I like that.  Hang on, I'm moving the little nano fork lift in my brain now.  Yeah! That works GREAT.  Look, I even have a teeny tiny wash bay to keep everything clean.  Heading for my memory storage for MSL and Bob's postings as we speak!  Oh nano nano, I'm going to need a whole fleet for that area of my mind! 

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This adds a whole new level of meaning to "NaNotechnology"; microscopic fork lifts with which you write a novel in a month.

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