Introduction: Writers Read
Lesson 1: Genre
i. Fiction
ii. Creative Nonfiction
iii. Poetry
Lesson 2: Hybrids and Multigenre Work
i. Graphic Narrative
ii. Photo Essay
iii. Prose Poems and Other Hybrids
iv. Emerging Hybrids and Other Multigenre Work
Lesson 3: Form
i. One Size Does Not Fit All
ii. Long, Short and Shorter
iii. In Print, Online and Social Medias
Lesson 4: Plot, Conflict and Theme/Image
i. What Drives a Story, Poem or Essay?
ii. Central Theme/Image
iii. Plot and Narrative Arc
iv. Conflict
Lesson 5: Structure
i. Overall Structure
ii. Nontraditional Structures
iii. Whitespace and Other Structural Markers
Lesson 6: Character Development
i. Discovering Depth and Nuance
ii. When the Narrator is Also a Character
Lesson 7: Point of View
i. Narrator, Speaker
ii. First, Second, and Third
iii. Omniscience and Limits
iv. Distance and Closeness
v. When the Narrator is also the Writer (Nonfiction)
Lesson 8: Setting
i. Place, Space, and Time
ii. Introducing Setting
iii. Physical Details
Lesson 9: Reading to Discover Scene
i. When Writers Use Scene
ii. Short, Long, and In-Between
iii. Recognizing Well-Rendered Scenes
Lesson 10: Language
i. Developing a Literary Ear
ii. Resonance
iii. Sensory Language
iv. Style
v. Voice and Tone
The End
i. Making Connections
ii. Each Aspect of Writing Influences the Others
iii. Continuing Down Your Path as a Reading Writer
Index