>imitating the style of your favorite author
>frogposting
Kill yourself.
>imitating the style of your favorite authors and including references and "in jokes" to those authors great works for shits and gigs because you know the book is that great that people will be reading it almost a century later
>>8002357
>having a favourite author
Why would you be such a cuck?
>>8002357
That's how you learn. Several excellent authors have stated that they even type out their favorite novels verbatim as practice or read their favorite novel at least nice a year.
>writing class
>teacher tells you to stop ripping off Pynchon and DFW and get your own fucking style
