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

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Dr Erin M. Pushman (Limestone College, USA)

How to Read Like a Writer

10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice

Dr Erin M. Pushman (Limestone College, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
10 March 2022

Creative writing & creative writing guides; Writing skills

“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:

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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

By: Dr Erin M. Pushman (Limestone College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm,
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781350119406
ISBN 10: 1350119407
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 10 March 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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

Reliably insightful. Those looking to get the most out of their reading experience and get the pen moving should give this a look. * Publishers Weekly * This is a very interesting, and useful, book. It covers a range of types of writing. ... a worthwhile investment. It's both analytical and readable: two words you don't often find in the same sentence! * Writers Know-How blog *