How to Read Like a Writer

“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