Writers Who Read
LIVE! #13
LIVE! #13
3 November 2019
American Spy
by Lauren Wilkinson
by Lauren Wilkinson
Agenda
- Why We're Here / Roundtable Rules
- Introduction to Literary Forensics
- Group Discussion
- Further Study
Why We're Here
We writers want to improve our craft
by reading like a writer
We learn from each other
using Literary Forensics
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
Practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
Reading Teaches Writing
Today's author: Lauren Wilkinson
- - Born in 1984
- Studied writing at Columbia with Paul Beatty
- Has taught at Columbia and the Fashion Institute of Technology
- A 2013 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer's Fellow - Statue of Yennenga in Ouagadougou
What do you 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 you notice?
American Spy - Stats
Marketing: African American Historical Fiction, African American Literary Fiction
Genres: Thriller, Historical Fiction, Spy Fiction
Genre: Realistic, Recent Past, Arch-Plot Long-Form
Word count: 103,268
Print Pages: 292
Tense: 1st Person: Past
POV: Marie (addressing sons)
Publish date: February 12, 2019
Publisher: Random House
Sold By: Random House
Noteable: Barak Obama's 2019 Reading List
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