But while Stanton is quick to acknowledge his influences, Mr Gum is much more than a mishmash of other writers' styles and universes.
Both writers' styles include intricate changes in time and narration.
In any case, Poe finds the copying of other writers' styles not theft, but something worthwhile and new -- an agreeable mixture, a work filled with allusions.
The first one is non-fiction, much more "writer" style guide.
Salinger's lawyers say rip-off of — "The Catcher in the Rye," written by a young Swedish writer styling himself J. D.
Tel Aviv-based Stylit's co-founder and chief stylist Maya Kramer has a decade's worth of experience in the fashion industry: She's worked as a stylist herself, as well as a personal shopper, photo shoot producer, boutique owner, fashion writer, styling instructor, model and even TV personality.
So we tend to leave the writers' own style, but we edit them in line with our style".
Eric Nalleau, who has just published the pamphlet 'Au secours Houellebecq revient'Helpelp! Houellebecq is Back'), explained his popularity: 'He is not a writer of style but a writer of themes.
All kinds of information gets stripped away in the process, including your typeface choices, footnotes, headers and footers (including page numbers), links, automatically numbered lists, tables and -- worst of all for writers -- style sheets.
"As a journalist I was asked by my editor to write a piece on writers and style," Beatrice Colin had written to me in an e-mail.
