How to Write Like a Writer, Thomas C. Foster
How to Write Like a Writer, Thomas C. Foster
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How to Write Like a Writer
A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

Author: Thomas C. Foster

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 8 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/06/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. With How to Write Like a Writer you’ll learn how to organize your thoughts, construct first drafts, and (not incidentally) keep you in your chair so that inspiration can come to visit.With warmth and wit, Foster shows you how to get into (and over) your best self, how to find your voice, and how to know when, if ever, a piece of work is done.Packed with enlightening anecdotes, highlighted with lists and bullet points, this invaluable guide reveals how writers work their magic, and reminds us that we all—for better or worse, whether we mean to or not—are known by what we put on paper or screen, both our thoughts and our words.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Thomas C. Foster

Thomas C. Foster is the author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, How to Write Like a Writer, How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor, and other works. He is professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he taught classes in contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry as well as creative writing and freelance writing. He is also the author of several books on twentieth-century British and Irish literature and poetry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimberly on October 14, 2022

How To Write Like A Writer is a helpful and imaginative guide to the art and craft of writing filled with helpful hints. Also included are exercises designed to clarify your thoughts and develop your voice as a writer. The language is easy to understand and examples are generous. This is a good addi......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on September 06, 2022

How to Write Like a Writer, A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice by Thomas C. Foster was only the second book I’ve seriously looked at for a greater knowledge of how I might write a better review. I wasn’t paying attention in school......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 23, 2023

I wrote a negative review and held it for three days (as the author suggested) before posting it here. That time has elapsed, so here's the review. Maybe the subtitle should have been, "How to Wreck Your Book by Alienating Half Your Readership Due to a Needless Expression of Political Bias." I might......more

Goodreads review by Lanette on August 14, 2022

I see this author is earnest in his intent--to reassure students they have the skills to write their own stories. But I can't imagine the book's intended audience. There is absolutely nothing subversive in these pages. Students won't want to read a book about how they've been discouraged from findin......more

Goodreads review by Martin on July 16, 2022

How to Write Like a Writer comes out in September of 2022; Harper Perennial provided me an early galley for review I have been an amateur writer, dabbling in the craft, for the better part of close to five decades. Some of my favorite courses in high school and college were those of the liberal arts,......more

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