Reading Like a Writer

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• Brush Up Your Chekhov

  At the start of her new book on writing, Francine Prose dispatches with The Question — the five words that inevitably confront writers who teach, writers who don’t teach, and possibly even nonwriters who do neither: “Can creative writing be taught?” ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

• READING LIKE A WRITER

  Can it be that someone born with the family name Prose is predestined to be a writer? Francine Prose --- successful author of 14 novels and four works of nonfiction plus several children's books, and teacher of writing at numerous colleges --- would ... (read full critics)

  teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  A must-read for book lovers and writers

  What a wonderful little book! I ran into it by chance and I'm so glad I could read it. Prose's book made me (re)discover classics and non classics through the eyes of the writer that she is, giving even more pleasure to the avid reader and occasional writer that I am.
  Every book lover and every writ ... (continue)

  What a wonderful little book! I ran into it by chance and I'm so glad I could read it. Prose's book made me (re)discover classics and non classics through the eyes of the writer that she is, giving even more pleasure to the avid reader and occasional writer that I am.
  Every book lover and every writer should read this book. It has a fresh insight and what a pleasure to read about not rushing into the end of a book but taking the time to appreciate every word, every sentence the author intended to share.
  This book not only made me want to (re)read some classics, to write more, but also to read some of Prose's novels.

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• "Every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead reflects the final result of countless large and small deliberations. All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another". (page 16)

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• English Books
• Paperback 296 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 0060777052
• ISBN-13: 9780060777050
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Pub date: Apr 01, 2007
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others

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