How to Write Like a Writer

<p><strong>The <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of the beloved classic <em>How to Read Literature Like a Professor</em> teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.</strong></p><p>Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing--and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher--retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. With <em>How to Write Like a Writer </em>you'll learn how to organize your thoughts construct first drafts and (not incidentally) keep you in your chair so that inspiration can come to visit.</p><p>With warmth and wit Foster shows you how to get into (and over) your best self how to find your voice and how to know when if ever a piece of work is done.</p><p>Packed with enlightening anecdotes highlighted with lists and bullet points this invaluable guide reveals how writers work their magic and reminds us that we all--for better or worse whether we mean to or not--are known by what we put on paper or screen both our thoughts and our words.</p>