TY - BOOK AU - Pushman,Erin TI - How to read like a writer: 10 lessons to elevate your reading and writing practice SN - 9781350119413 AV - PN83.P987.H698 2022 PY - 2022/// CY - London, New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Reading KW - Authorship N1 - 2; Prologue : (or brief introduction) --; Reading genre --; Hybrids and multi-genre work --; Short forms and digital media --; Plot, narrative arc, conflict, and central theme, concept, image, sense, or emotion --; Structure --; Character Development --; Point of view --; Setting --; Scene --; Language --; The end (or Afterword) N2 - "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"-- ER -