Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

Francine Prose

273 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In READING LIKE A WRITER, Prose invites you to sit by her si...

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informative 100%
inspiring 48%
reflective 42%
challenging 14%
hopeful 8%
emotional 2%
funny 2%
lighthearted 2%
relaxing 2%

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fast 4%

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