Of “Android Karenina,” Content, and the Ability to Imagine…

“Imitate form, not content. The tendency to imitate form and not content seems to relate directly to talent.”

–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers

The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.

I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation.

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