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Authors that Inspired Accidental Prostitute
A great deal of research went into
Accidental Prostitute: A Short Noir
, and not just the subject matter. As I was challenging and developing my style of writing, inspiration from other authors was warranted.
Sara Baume's
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
was a great example of 2nd person point of view. Although I had read others, her in-book narrator made an interesting diversion that was essential to the structure of Accidental Prostitute.
It's a difficult point of view to pull off successfully, and one that I want to revisit again, to put more focus on the 'you' and less on the 'I'.
Kicked Out is a collection of short stories, one of which is Phillip J. Reeves's My Nuclear Family: Surviving the Fallout. This was the exact style of writing I wanted to achieve. Very factual, and using such facts to build emotion rather than writing emotions and trying to force them upon a reader.
This formed the basis for the prose style, although from my own cadence and contraction-free manner was overlayed. I found it a highly useful combination for the PTSD component of the narrator's characterization.
Although there were others read in the making of Accidental Prostitute, there are by far the most influential. Both are highly recommended reads.
Sara Baume's
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
was a great example of 2nd person point of view. Although I had read others, her in-book narrator made an interesting diversion that was essential to the structure of Accidental Prostitute.It's a difficult point of view to pull off successfully, and one that I want to revisit again, to put more focus on the 'you' and less on the 'I'.
Kicked Out is a collection of short stories, one of which is Phillip J. Reeves's My Nuclear Family: Surviving the Fallout. This was the exact style of writing I wanted to achieve. Very factual, and using such facts to build emotion rather than writing emotions and trying to force them upon a reader.This formed the basis for the prose style, although from my own cadence and contraction-free manner was overlayed. I found it a highly useful combination for the PTSD component of the narrator's characterization.
Although there were others read in the making of Accidental Prostitute, there are by far the most influential. Both are highly recommended reads.
