If you're looking to pick up a copy, it's widely available at major retailers:
"It's necessary to hold the concept of clarity as an even higher ideal than grammatical correctness". Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who L...
This New York Times bestseller is a masterclass in , urging writers and book lovers to slow down and study literature word-by-word, sentence-by-sentence. Prose argues that before there were creative writing degrees, writers learned their craft simply by reading their predecessors. Key Lessons from the Book If you're looking to pick up a copy,
: She emphasizes that "reading quickly—for plot, for ideas, even for psychological truths—can be a hindrance" to truly understanding how literature is built. Key Lessons from the Book : She emphasizes
: She suggests reading your work aloud can not only improve its quality but help you catch "rubbishy" words that hide in plain sight. Famous Quotes
: Prose deconstructs the techniques of literary greats like Chekhov , Woolf , Austen , and Dickens to show how they build character, dialogue, and plot.
: Prose delights in showing how "rules" (like picking a single point of view) can be broken by any writer skillful enough to pull it off.