How to Write Like a Writer
A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 6, 2022
The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- Thomas C. Foster makes the work of writing feel practical, personal, and a little less precious.
- Themes
- Writing fundamentals, Finding your voice, Inspiration and creativity
- Genres
- Writing as a Career, Writing Nonfiction & Memoir, Writing Composition
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
How to Walk Into a RoomEmily P. Freeman53% match
Like, Literally, DudeValerie Fridland57% match
How to Write a LotPaul J. Silvia57% matchShares Writing as a Career
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised EditionThomas C Foster74% match
Reading Like a WriterFrancine Prose69% match
How to Read Nonfiction Like a ProfessorThomas C. Foster69% match
Bird by BirdAnne Lamott63% matchShares Writing as a Career and Writing Nonfiction & Memoir
Writing Life StoriesBill Roorbach62% matchShares Writing Nonfiction & Memoir and Writing Composition
For younger readers: Dreyer's English (adapted for Young Readers), A Writer's Notebook, Writing Radar
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide. Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing.
Continue reading
With How to Write Like a Writer you’ll learn how to organize your thoughts, construct first drafts, and (not incidentally) keep you in your chair so that inspiration can come to visit. With warmth and wit, Foster shows you how to get into (and over) your best self, how to find your voice, and how to know when, if ever, a piece of work is done. Packed with enlightening anecdotes, highlighted with lists and bullet points, this invaluable guide reveals how writers work their magic, and reminds us that we all—for better or worse, whether we mean to or not—are known by what we put on paper or screen, both our thoughts and our words.
Writing, Without the Mystique
Thomas C. Foster makes the work of writing feel practical, personal, and a little less precious.
Come here for
- A witty guide to finding your voice and organizing your thoughts
- Advice spanning community reports, first drafts, and memoir
Expect
- Anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing
- Warm, candid reflections on inspiration, inhibition, and knowing when a piece is done
Where it sits
| Writing Nonfiction & Memoir | 53% |
|---|---|
| Writing as a Career | 51% |
| Writing Composition | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Education Resources
- Teaching Methods
- Professional Development
- American Literary Collections
Show all 8 publisher categories
- Essay Collections
- American Lit Crit
- Women Authors Criticism
- Books & Reading
- Authors
- Thomas C. Foster
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 6, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Writing fundamentals · Finding your voice · Inspiration and creativity
- Reading lane
- Education Resources