I read a lot when I was young. All the obvious, all the greats, from 'Le Grand Meaulnes,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' 'Fear and Loathing,' 'Catcher in the Rye,' 'The Bell Jar,' 'The Female Eunuch,' 'Valley of the Dolls,' 'The Feminine Mystique,' Tom Wolfe. Then, film took over for me. Film was so exciting in the '70s.

Strive to be different and better than what is already out there if you are creating - Benjamin Clementine does that.

If you are an autodidact, you probably do write more in the rhythm of speech rather than having learnt prose.

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