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

Introduction: Writers Read Lesson 1: Genre i. Fiction ii. Creative Nonfiction iii. Poetry Lesson 2: Hybrids and Multigenre Work i. Graphic Narrative ii. Photo Essay iii. Prose Poems and Other Hybrids iv. Emerging Hybrids and Other Multigenre Work Lesson 3: Form i. One Size Does Not Fit All ii. Long, Short and Shorter iii. In Print, Online and Social Medias Lesson 4: Plot, Conflict and Theme/Image i. What Drives a Story, Poem or Essay? ii. Central Theme/Image iii. Plot and Narrative Arc iv. Conflict Lesson 5: Structure i. Overall Structure ii. Nontraditional Structures iii. Whitespace and Other Structural Markers Lesson 6: Character Development i. Discovering Depth and Nuance ii. When the Narrator is Also a Character Lesson 7: Point of View i. Narrator, Speaker ii. First, Second, and Third iii. Omniscience and Limits iv. Distance and Closeness v. When the Narrator is also the Writer (Nonfiction) Lesson 8: Setting i. Place, Space, and Time ii. Introducing Setting iii. Physical Details Lesson 9: Reading to Discover Scene i. When Writers Use Scene ii. Short, Long, and In-Between iii. Recognizing Well-Rendered Scenes Lesson 10: Language i. Developing a Literary Ear ii. Resonance iii. Sensory Language iv. Style v. Voice and Tone The End i. Making Connections ii. Each Aspect of Writing Influences the Others iii. Continuing Down Your Path as a Reading Writer Index