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How to read like a writer
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- Book Synopsis
- "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
- About The Author
- Erin M. Pushman is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center at Limestone College, USA.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781350119406
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic, (13 January 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 216
- Weight
- 387 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 244 x 170 x 12 mm
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