Gathering of the Figments

pommie42 · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:19 am Post subject: Books that inspire

We have music and films, but what about books?
What books inspire you to write?

For me the great inspirers are:
Lord of the Rings
Eragon
Artefacts of Power
His Dark Materials
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Figment · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:24 am Post subject:

Harry Potter.
His Dark Materials.
Ella Enchanted.
The Starlight Crystal.
Oooh, and The Neverending Story, Obernewtyn, and Through the Dragon's Eyes (think its called that... by stephen king)
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and why...

The Blue Sword / Robin McKinley. My first true fantasy. A lovely dream. I want to write because I want to recapture the awe I felt, and the depth of the world she created.

Twilight / Stephenie Meyer. Not so much the book itself as the author and the fact that she had never written a novel before Twilight and became famous almost instantly. It is a once in a million chance, but this reminds me that it is possible.
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Hawkins · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:08 am Post subject:

I'd have to say that Dragon Rider inspired me to write fantasies...that and Harry Potter. Occasionally I'll have to think back to those Baby Sitters Club books, just because some of those had some decent plots, and sometimes I'll take a name or a thread from those. For the longest time, I was using someone elses writing style without even realizing it. Like, I'd be writing, and then I'd take a book off the shelf and say, "well, it doesn't SOUND like this one." I dunno, I wasn't actually stealing her style, only a bit...

Btw, my brother was watching that 'Boromir's Plan', and he laughed until his cried.
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Shaye · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

A walk to remember.

The notebook.

*Speak.

Harry Potter(s Razz

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*Kira-Kira

*my favorites
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a_weirdo · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

I dunno why, but I was strangely inspired by The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
The Tale of Desparaux
The Power of UN
Kira Kira (what a tearjerker!)
The Giver (" ")
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Shaye · Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

Oh my gawd you read kira-kira?!

You're the first person I know that's read it.

Well..not 'know'...but...whatever.
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Hawkins · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:52 am Post subject:

I watched the Neverending Story (the movie, and if they made a new one, I saw the older one) at Mae's over Easter...apparently I watched it ALL THE TIME when I was younger. I don't remember it at all.
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butterflii · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:24 am Post subject:

Is that the one with the horse that dies in the muddy thing. The depressing dirt or something. And that little boy called Bastian or something . . . I never read the book . . . watched the film countless times though.
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Hawkins · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:25 am Post subject:

Yeah, the horse dies, and there's this stuff called 'the nothing'. It just takes stuff away. It's just gone. And the kids name is Atrayu I think.
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butterflii · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:28 am Post subject:

Oh ye! No I meant the little kid that reads the book, the dude with the horse is called Atrayu. You know the rock man . . . well he eats rocks . . . is that canabilism?
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Hawkins · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:31 am Post subject:

I was wondering that...and he kept talking about 'gourmet rocks'.

"Yeah, nobody gives a hoot about my giant bat!"

That was probably the funniest line in the movie. xD
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