Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose
Prose on close reading as the writer's education: words, sentences, paragraphs, narration, character, dialogue, detail. With a list of books to be read immediately.
Read it if…
you want to learn to write by reading closely.
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Skip it if…
you want exercises.
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Three things you will actually use
- Read slowly.
- Learn from sentences.
- Great books are the teachers.
Do this first
Read the chapter on sentences, then read one great story slowly.
Our verdict
Close reading for writers.
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