It keeps surprising me that whenever I go looking for a book on writing, it’s much less a ‘how-to’ and much more a literary criticism of the Greats. This isn’t a bad thing, it’s just not what one expects when selecting a book called “How Fiction Works.” But Wood isn’t interested in telling his reader to go find a pen, write some words down and assess if they’re any good based on certain literary principles. Instead he presents us with what’s out there in the literary […]
A Fun Collegiate Literature Course in a Book!
It’s CBR10, YAY! At work, we often have informal lunchtime book exchanges. What a lucky guy I am to work where I work! Knowing my bookworm status, one of my friends handed off How to Read Literature Like a Professor to me, telling me it would change the way I read. She was right, in a very good way! While I have been a lifelong reader and writer, most of what I know about literature comes via osmosis. Besides some very basic freshman-level courses, I don’t […]