How to Read Like a Writer

Paperback

Erin M. Pushman 저자(글)

Bloomsbury Academic · 2022년 02월 10일

책 소개

“Reliably insightful.” – Publishers Weekly

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

작가정보

저자(글) Erin M. Pushman

Erin M. Pushman is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center at Limestone College, USA.

목차

• Introduction: Writers ReadLesson 1: Genrei. Fictionii. Creative Nonfictioniii. PoetryLesson 2: Hybrids and Multigenre Worki. Graphic Narrativeii. Photo Essayiii. Prose Poems and Other Hybridsiv. Emerging Hybrids and Other Multigenre WorkLesson 3: Formi. One Size Does Not Fit Allii. Long, Short and Shorteriii. In Print, Online and Social MediasLesson 4: Plot, Conflict and Theme/Imagei. What Drives a Story, Poem or Essay?ii. Central Theme/Imageiii. Plot and Narrative Arciv. ConflictLesson 5: Structurei. Overall Structureii. Nontraditional Structuresiii. Whitespace and Other Structural MarkersLesson 6: Character Developmenti. Discovering Depth and Nuanceii. When the Narrator is Also a CharacterLesson 7: Point of Viewi. Narrator, Speakerii. First, Second, and Thirdiii. Omniscience and Limitsiv. Distance and Closenessv. When the Narrator is also the Writer (Nonfiction)Lesson 8: Settingi. Place, Space, and Timeii. Introducing Settingiii. Physical DetailsLesson 9: Reading to Discover Scenei. When Writers Use Sceneii. Short, Long, and In-Betweeniii. Recognizing Well-Rendered ScenesLesson 10: Languagei. Developing a Literary Earii. Resonanceiii. Sensory Languageiv. Stylev. Voice and ToneThe Endi. Making Connectionsii. Each Aspect of Writing Influences the Othersiii. Continuing Down Your Path as a Reading WriterIndex

기본정보

ISBN	9781350119406 ( 1350119407 )
발행(출시)일자	2022년 02월 10일
쪽수	216쪽
크기	170 * 246 * 13 mm / 385 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어