The Art of X-Ray Reading: How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing | 
Writing tip from Seabiscuit:
Think I‘m cinematic terms when you need to figure out if you want to create full motion or if you would prefer slow motion. In general, the faster you want a sentence to go, the less punctuation you will use. Every mark of punctuation slows a passage down to some degree.
And today I came across this interesting article
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75602/what-famous-novels-look-stripped-every...
pickYou have to read the subtitle to know that this book focuses on using reading to inform your writing!
In each chapter, the author uses excerpts from famous books to give writing tips. My favorite chapter included an analysis of Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand. In fact, the author of The Boys in the Boat learned a lot from closely reading it!
However, this book would be better if it had more diversity in text selection and influential texts.
This inspiration for this writing lesson is the sentence that opens The Bell Jar: “It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn‘t know what I was doing in New York.”
Quite enjoying this book. I‘m not much of a re-reader but it‘s time I revisited the classics I devoured in my youth. After all, much like the proverbial river, we‘re never the same reader twice, are we?
#TBRtemptation post! Clark has put together a writing manual for all aspiring writers. Instead of going through rote rules in a vacuum, like most such books do, he bases his lessons off 25 actual great texts, including "The Great Gatsby", "Lolita", and "The Bluest Eye". And he teaches you methods for finding great techniques within books when you're on your own. It's a different strategy, & 1 that'll hold my attention. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?
Today's #bookhaul redux: this part is to feed my writing teacher soul! All three by #RoyPeterClark to complete my collection of his work. #Septimus doesn't seem too impressed! #catsofLitsy
Discerning meaning from Fitzgerald's use of specific and intentional punctuation...so interesting! 🔎
I'm anxious to start recreationally writing more often, both for the joy of developing a writing practice and also in an effort to become a better reader! This book was a staff pick at Changing Hands and was recommended because it helped the bookseller improve in both areas. Have you found a book that's helped to strengthen your writing and/or reading practices? I particularly loved Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird" #writestuffreadstuff
