
Reading Like a Writer
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Narrated by:
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Nanette Savard
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By:
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Francine Prose
Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire listeners to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart; to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carre for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue; and to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail. And, most importantly, she cautions listeners to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted.
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"Prose's observations are incandescent, and her examples are thrilling, ranging from Samuel Johnson to Katherine Mansfield, Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Chandler, Stanley Elkin, and Paula Fox." (Booklist)
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I try to read or listen to this book once a year.
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pretty good and quite thoughtful
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Reading Like A Writer is worth the read!
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I am Not Sure
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A modern day little women
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Want to write? Read this.
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What about Nanette Savard’s performance did you like?
Very good and clear reading with some good acting-reading of the literary texts.What insight do you think you’ll apply from Reading Like a Writer?
It is an excellent book for every writer, a very interesting approach to creeatrive writing and learning form other writers' tricks. Also, a useful material for discussion for every teacher of Creative Writing. It was a nice way of re-aquainting with literary classics. Highly recommneded!very useful
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Great read!
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Practical, literate, generous
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