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Continuing the Conversation ~ Reading like a Writer . . .
You may want to see what was said in that post, since two well-seasoned writers are quoted…
But, to continue…
Here’s what a reader said in a comment to that post; and, what I responded with:
So…
That reader and I are both writers…
We both stop only occasionally to notice specifically what the author’s doing…
Is that a trait of folks who read like a writer?
Do other writers stop and notice more often?
And, is forgetting most of a book something writers have in common with most readers…?
I feel I should share a bit from the post preceding this one—from the book, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.), by Francine Prose:
So…
The commenter from last Wednesday and Francine Prose say at least one thing similarly:
Those are similar statements if you can link “rubbish”–reading with “rising star six-figure, two-book contract”–reading…
Yet our commenter reads a lot of it and Francine merely recommends not confining oneself to it…
Now, I’ll interject a bit more of my own feeling…
Of course, it’s feeling from a man who is officially old and who began writing seriously late in life…
And, it only relates to my current reading-like-a-writer activity…
I’m in the middle of reading at least 20 books (some re-reads, some not…) by my absolutely most-favorite fiction author, C. J. Cherryh…
Ms. Cherryh happens to be a Risen Star and more–than–two–book–contract author who has never written rubbish…
Plus, I’m only confining myself to her books until I read six books of poetry by various authors…
All that reading because I’m a seasoned old man who loves writing and listens, carefully, to his Muse when he must read like a writer…
Two ideas in closing:
Number two should be in the realms of Reading, Writing, or Publishing; or any combination of those realms :-)
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