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Reading Like a Writer (P.S.) - Community Reviews back

by Francine Prose
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Chris Blocker
Chris Blocker rated it 16 years ago
Informative and relevant to serious writers.
willemite
willemite rated it 18 years ago
I was reminded of teachers of programming and tech things of that nature. What they do is offer ten to twenty minutes of lecture then go around from desk to desk answering individual questions. That appears to be Prose’s technique, which got on my nerves. I was hoping for something a bit more formul...
Boxes of Paper
Boxes of Paper rated it 18 years ago
*Cate looks up from the book*Okay, who moved the bar way up there? Francine!! I've felt for a while now that there's something missing from my writing. I'm proud of how far I've come since I began this process five years ago, but I can tell that there's a distance between where I am and where I want...
debnance
debnance rated it 19 years ago
Prose shows us all her favorite passages from a lifetime of good reading. It was a lovely trip and it took me places I would not have thought to go. I especially liked Prose's thoughts on writing, how good writing often breaks the conventional rules of good writing.
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