Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
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SKU:
AB-108
ISBN:
978-0060777050
Price: $11.81
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Who: Novice
Publication Year: 2007
Pages: 320
ISBN: 978-0060777050
Price: $13.95
Publisher’s Weekly Review: The trick to writing, Prose writes, is reading—carefully, deliberately and slowly. While this might seem like a no-brainer, Prose masterfully meditates on how quality reading informs great writing, which will warm the cold, jaded hearts of even the most frustrated, unappreciated and unpublished writers. Chapters treat the nuts and bolts of writing (words, sentences, paragraphs) as well as issues of craft (narration, character, dialogue), all of which Prose discusses using story or novel excerpts.
Jan’s Recommendation:While this book focuses on fiction writing, there are many lessons to be learned about how to read nonfiction as well.Reading great writing and learning what makes it great, is a skill that will serve all writers well.
