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How to Write Like a Writer
A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True VoiceBy Thomas C. FosterNarrated by David de VriesLength8h 12m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (338)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph
GenreEducation and Learning, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byDavid de Vries
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish
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