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READING LIKE A WRITER

Posted on December 22, 2013 by writ7707 Posted in Reading like a Writer, The Writing Life, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Inspiration, Writing Muse 2 Comments

Hi Writers,

May your holidays bring you creative projects that shine bright and steady,

Inspiration for your stories that spring from your heart

And big surges of mastery of our craft

Writers read, read, and read some more.  Right?  We read anywhere.  Books and all those words feed our thirsty creative sensibilities.  

My holiday gift to you all is a gentle suggestion.  You might want to read or re-read Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol.  Not just for the deliciousness of it.  But read it as a writer.

What details did Dickens choose to evoke Scrooge’s extreme miserliness?  His scoffing at the ghosts and then his terror?  His newly discovered love-filled heart?

How did Dickens put his words together?  Bring us into Victorian England?

HOW DID HE CREATE HIS MAGIC?

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Many sparkles for 2014 to all of you,

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2 thoughts on “READING LIKE A WRITER”

  1. Bob says:
    December 23, 2013 at 12:57 am

    It’s so funny you wrote about A Christmas Carol. I’ve been listening to it on Recorded Books read by the wonderful Frank Muller.

    It’s truly a book deserving of the word, “classic.” And a great story for understanding what “character arc” means.

    Thank you for all you contribute to writers, Cynthia.

    Bob Zaslow

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  2. writ7707 says:
    January 16, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    Right back to ya Mr. Bob Z!

    Reply

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