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Chris Manning
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I'm not sure he would make the best teacher, but I've always found Cormac McCarthy's writing to be powerful, rich, and haunting. Every phrase is heavy with meaning and symbolism. I'm not even sure I'd go for the writing class. I would just love to ask him questions relating to his books and influences, to get inside his head for a while.
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Definitely Kafka, his writing is incredibly ambiguous and open to discussion. Plus, I would definitively appreciate a little help getting his letters and biography clear and in context.
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Stephen King, Anne Rice.
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This is such a great question! There are sooo many author's whose prose I admire. However, the one that intrigues me the most is Diana Gabaldon. I love how verbose she is in terms of getting the descriptions of the character, the scenes, the narrative so detailed. Also, I read a few books on her processes and they are so interesting...I love how she went from being a technical writer, for a science magazine, writing about birds, to writing books that are classified by many genres (she has explained that her books are a case study in human nature).
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To me, that would be P. G. Wodehouse. His style and the way he weaves comedy into the simplest of sentences is just amazing.
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I would go for Dan Brown and edgar allan poe.
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If I could take a writing class from anyone, I would love to learn from Louis L'amour. I really appreciate his realistic character portrayal and his poetic descriptiveness when describing backgrounds. He always has gripping plot-lines and his dialogue is never stilted. He writes with a rugged gracefulness that I would love to emulate.
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One of the best-written books I've read is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Her style captures the reader's mind and draws the reader into the novel in a powerful way.
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I would want to take a writing class from Diana Gabaldon because she wrote books in such detail. I mean to write that many books in a series with so many pages along, I couldn't imagine. I think she would help come up with some great ideas for writing.
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For me, it would be Jodi Piccoult. I loved how she always kept me guessing in her books and I'd like to do more of that
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Nicholas Sparks or Debbie Macomber
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I have to say Stephen King, Neil Gaiman or Agatha Christie.
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I have to agree with the person that started this thread. The first person that came to mind was Stephen King. King is really a master of the craft and there would undoubtedly be so much to learn from him. If Edgar Allan Poe was still living that would be the icing on the proverbial cake. Although, I know that there are many other authors with much to offer and I would welcome their opinions as well.
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Emma Newman. I love her writing style. She creates vivid scenes and very realistic characters without being wordy.
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Post by Cyndel Maria »

This is better than the "who would you like to have coffee or a beer with" question. I would love to take a class with Billy Collins because he is one of my favorite poets and I love the way he thinks and writers. Margaret Atwood would be another because she writes so brilliantly but at the same time so oddly and almost fantasy-like I'm curious how her mind works, too. My favorite author is Salinger so it goes without saying he's my first answer to basically everything also.
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