Humans learn best by imitation.
This is evident by the way babies learn. They copy everyone around them. Quickly, they learn to walk and talk: all by watching others do the same.
Using this concept to learn can help you master a new skill quickly. The best pianists, for example, are able to play their instrument in the style of hundreds of different musicians and genres.
Besides, if you imitate the best, you will begin to be like the best.
I want to try this concept out to stretch my writing skills. For thirty days, I will be spending time copying great writers. I will be emulating the writing of Mark Twain and Jane Austen, two of my favorite authors.
Both Austen and Twain have a satirical, descriptive way of writing that endears me to them. This is something I want to incorporate in my style, and I’m curious if copying their work will have any effect.
I will then write my daily blog post. Hopefully, after spending time in the mind of a great author, I will start to take on some of that writer’s style.
For half an hour each day (except Sundays when I release a podcast episode) I will type out either Twain’s or Austen’s writing.
My chosen books are Pride and Prejudice and Roughing It.
Here’s to writing! Keep a look out for the daily blogs.