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Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Now that I’ve explored my process of Reading Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN) for a while, I thought I would combine my RNLN focus post with my Contradictory Abstractions post on Tuesday, but then we had surprise snow and the sun came out, so I took a snow day. Then yesterday was the Heron TreeContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 6: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng”

Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

Procedural Tips Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey is the first novel in this series that I read on my tablet. Using the Kindle functions were more difficult, even frustrating, on my tablet. When I attempted to highlight with my finger, the whole page moved. I had to place my finger, wait and then when theContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 5: Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey”

How to Read Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN): How a Craft Book Can Influence Reading a Novel

The concept of this series of posts is to stop reading craft books, learning from other writers’ chosen examples, and learn from novels, choosing my own examples. However, I had one craft book from the library that I hadn’t finished, Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for the Page, Stage, and Screen by Robert McKee.Continue reading “How to Read Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN): How a Craft Book Can Influence Reading a Novel”

Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 4: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Procedural Tips Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was available as a free e-book on Project Gutenberg, so it is the first book in this series that I read on Kindle on my laptop. After years of reading on kindle, I finally looked at all of its great note-taking features and went through them on Monday’sContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 4: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert”

How to Read Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN): Kindle Edition

Last week I “won” my first physical book (other than a coloring book) from Library Thing. Won is in quotes because it is actually an exchange for my volunteer labor of reviewing the book, but they call it winning. The coming book that will arrive in my mailbox is a poetry collection which I’ll needContinue reading “How to Read Novels Like a Novelist (RNLN): Kindle Edition”