No writer lives in a vacuum. We all take inspiration from the people who have come before us. We are moved some of their best ideas, we all start through imitation before we graduate to originality, and it's important to recognize and honor the people who paved the way for your work.
This is an important process, and even as we mature as writers and as human beings we continue to be shaped by those around us and whose work inspires us, just as I've cribbed social media lessons from Tahereh Mafi and The Rejectionist even as they've become real-life friends.
I've asked before who in your life most influenced you on the way but who are the writers who have shaped your work?
For me, it's Bill Watterson, Douglas Adams and Roald Dahl.
Art: Ein Maler bei der Arbeit by Paul C?zanne
Source: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2012/12/which-writers-most-influence-your-work_5.html
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