Ring Around the Rose - a accidental skip
While looking through other's answers to the Ring Around the Rose questions, I realized that I skipped a question! Oops. Oh wells, here's to playing catch-up. :)
The question is:
What famous author(s) do you feel your writing is most similar to, and why? AND/OR What author do you wish you wrote the most like?
Well to answer the first question, I'm not 100% sure. I have a tendency to compare my writing (or lack thereof) to two authors that I really admire: Elizabeth Gaskell and C.S. Lewis. Mrs. Gaskell for her eloquence and demand of the English langue, and Mr. Lewis for his wide and vivid imagination.
If I had to chose whom I wrote like, I would pick Mr. Lewis only because his work had double meaning. In the Narnia books, you can see, almost feel, the point of Christianity he is trying to get across. If I could be like that and have my work reflect the light of Christ, then that would be the greatest way of writing.
I've not read all the books that each of these great writers have written, but I do plan on slowly introducing their work into my reading library.
I'll leave you with a quote from each author and my favorite of their work (so far).
"I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you don't understand me." - North and South
"I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you." - The Horse and His Boy
Blessings in the Lord,
Sarah
The question is:
What famous author(s) do you feel your writing is most similar to, and why? AND/OR What author do you wish you wrote the most like?
Well to answer the first question, I'm not 100% sure. I have a tendency to compare my writing (or lack thereof) to two authors that I really admire: Elizabeth Gaskell and C.S. Lewis. Mrs. Gaskell for her eloquence and demand of the English langue, and Mr. Lewis for his wide and vivid imagination.
If I had to chose whom I wrote like, I would pick Mr. Lewis only because his work had double meaning. In the Narnia books, you can see, almost feel, the point of Christianity he is trying to get across. If I could be like that and have my work reflect the light of Christ, then that would be the greatest way of writing.I've not read all the books that each of these great writers have written, but I do plan on slowly introducing their work into my reading library.
I'll leave you with a quote from each author and my favorite of their work (so far).
"I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you don't understand me." - North and South
"I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you." - The Horse and His Boy
Blessings in the Lord,
Sarah
I love the quotes you shared. I am feeling the need to re-read some Chronicles of Narnia right about now. Ahhh, I love North and South. I should probably read the book at some point.... :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenelle...I love those quotes too. :p
DeleteI go back and read the Chronicles of Narnia every time I feel like I need a good adventure! ;)
And am I to presume that you've never read North and South? If you haven't, I highly recommend it!! It makes my heart go pitter-patter each time I read it. :)
I haven't read the book, just watched the BBC show.
DeleteThat's how I came across N&S - the BBC show. Then I heard it was a book. I read the book before I watched the mini-series! I had to know how it really happened. ;)
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