LIVE! #10
1 May 2019
Agenda
- Why We're Here
- Literary Forensics
- - What do I bring?
- - What do I feel?
- - What do I notice?
- - What do I study?
- Next Month's Reading & Study
Why We're Here
We Writers want to improve our craft
by Reading like a Writer
through Literary Forensics training
we learn from each other
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
We practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
What do I feel?
What in the book elicited that feeling?
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but every conclusion should be questioned
We practice serendipity
- nothing is too crazy
Always refer back to the book
What do I notice?
- • Language and Grammar
- • Context
- • Point of view
- • Character & character development
- • Pacing
- • Horizontal structure
- • Layering of themes
- • Overall effect
The Witch Elm - Stats
- Marketing: Murder Thrillers, Suspense Thrillers, Literary Fiction
- Marketing (UK): Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Thrillers
- Genre: Realistic, Present-Day, Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 220,351
- Print Pages: 528
- Tense: Past
- POV: First Person: Toby
- Publish date: October 9, 2018
- Publisher: Viking, Penguin/Random House
- Awards: New York Times Notable Book of 2018
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Dublin Murder Squad Series
Word Cloud
Writers Who Read: Next Up
September 8: Newcomer - Keigo Higashino
(Japan, trans. 2018 by Giles Murray)