#readinglikeawriter

[author-mandi-bean]

* currently reading * Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (2017). - - - - - #mandibean #reader #readersofinstagram #reading #readinglikeawriter #conversationswithfriends #sallyrooney (at Cape Coral, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAL3zmLx8S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[saybeller]

I’m always concerned when one paragraph contains so many pronouns. There are 7 in this passage. #readinglikeawriter #writinglife #writer #writingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lUqQ4ATkk/?igshid=n957wy547zjy

[juliafierro]

I found this treasure while unpacking. The syllabus from Francine Prose's seminar @iowawritersworkshop Fall 2001, one of the most influential classes I experienced, and the class that taught me the importance of close reading, eventually helping to shape the workshop method @SackettStreet. #readinglikeawriter #writing #reading #lit

[drnels]

For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what’s superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, or especially cut is essential. It’s satisfying to see that sentence shrink, snap into place, and ultimately emerge in a more polished form: clear, economical, sharp.

Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose