How to Read Like a Writer

<p><b>Reliably insightful. - <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <p/>The first step to becoming a successful writer is to become a successful reader. Helping you develop your critical skills <i>How to Read Like a Writer </i>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. <p/>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: <p/>- Genre - from fiction creative nonfiction and poetry to hybrid genres such as graphic narratives and online forms<br>- Plot conflict theme and image<br>- Developing characters - physical descriptions psychological depths and actions<br>- Narrators and points of view - 1st 2nd and 3rd person narratives<br>- Scenes and settings - time space and place<br>- Structure and form - length organization and media<br>- Language subtext and style</p>