{"product_id":"9781350119413","title":"How to Read Like a Writer : 10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice by Dr Erin M. Pushman","description":"\"Reliably insightful.\" - Publishers WeeklyThe first step to becoming a successful writer is to become a successful reader. Helping you develop your critical skills How to Read Like a Writer is an accessible and effective step-by-step guide to how careful reading can help you improve your craft as a creative writer, whatever genre you are writing in.   Across 10 lessons - each pairing published readings with practical critical and creative exercises - this book helps writers master such key elements of their craft as:?         Genre - from fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry to hybrid genres such as graphic narratives and online forms?         Plot, conflict, theme and image?         Developing characters - physical descriptions, psychological depths and actions?         Narrators and points of view - 1st, 2nd and 3rd person narratives?         Scenes and settings - time, space and place?         Structure and form - length, organization and media?         Language, subtext and style\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312212488565,"sku":"9781350119413","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350119413.jpg?v=1762821034","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781350119413","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}