LIVE! #20
7 June 2020
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:
David John Cornwell
- MI-5 agent (1958-1960)
MI-6 agent (1960-1964) - First novel published in 1961
Has written 25 novels
-- 10 became movies
-- 6 TV adaptations
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?
Agent Running in the Field - Stats
- Marketing: International Mystery & Crime, Espionage Thrillers
- Genre: Realistic, Modern-Day, Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 84,982
- Print Pages: 288
- Reading Level: 7th-8th grade
- POV: Nat
- Tense: Present
- Publish date: October 22, 2019
- Publisher: Viking
- Sold By: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
