How to Read Like a Writer: 10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice

"Reliably insightful." - Publishers Weekly The first step to becoming a successful writer is to become a...
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Author: Erin M. Pushman
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How to Read Like a Writer: 10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice by Pushman, Erin M.

How to Read Like a Writer: 10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice

$96.65

How to Read Like a Writer: 10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice

$96.65
Author: Erin M. Pushman
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Reliably insightful." - Publishers Weekly

The first step to becoming a successful writer is to become a successful reader. Helping you develop your critical skills How to Read Like a Writer is an accessible and effective step-by-step guide to how careful reading can help you improve your craft as a creative writer, whatever genre you are writing in.

Across 10 lessons - each pairing published readings with practical critical and creative exercises - this book helps writers master such key elements of their craft as:

- Genre - from fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry to hybrid genres such as graphic narratives and online forms
- Plot, conflict, theme and image
- Developing characters - physical descriptions, psychological depths and actions
- Narrators and points of view - 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narratives
- Scenes and settings - time, space and place
- Structure and form - length, organization and media
- Language, subtext and style

Author: Erin M. Pushman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 02/10/2022
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781350119406


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/10/2022

About the Author
Erin M. Pushman is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center at Limestone College, USA.

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