LIVE! #14
1 December 2019
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
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?
The House of Broken Angels - Stats
- Marketing: Emigration & Immigration, Emigration & Immigration Studies, Hispanic American Literature
- Genres: Literary Fiction
- Genre: Realistic, Present Day, Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 88,898
- Print Pages: 337
- Tense: Past
- POV: 3rd Person: Omniscient
- Publish date: March 6, 2018
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Sold By: Hachette Book Group
- Awards: 2018 NYT 100 Notable Books
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