Writingsuch
Writingsuch is a neologism used in literary criticism and online discourse to describe a writing practice in which a text foregrounds its own act of writing by imitating another text, authorial voice, or genre. The term signals a self-conscious approach that makes influence and form objects of analysis rather than merely background style.
The word combines writing and such to convey the sense of “writing such as” or “writing in
Practices associated with writingsuch include direct imitation of sentence rhythm, diction, and rhetorical strategy; passages that
Writingsuch is related to, but distinct from, pastiche or homage. It emphasizes transparent mimicry and self-conscious
Critics argue that heavy reliance on a model can obscure original argument, while proponents contend that it