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Have you read the entire works of an author?


Reading all of an author's work : r/books - Reddit

I did this with McCarthy. Have you read Sutter yet? Easily the funniest black humor novel I've read.

Have you read the entire works of an author? - Quora

Yes, Douglas Adams. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and more, including his last book that he wrote while dying of cancer called “The ...

Have you read the entire works of an author? - Writing & Blogging

Yes. For example, last year I read the complete works of Shakespeare, all the plays, the sonnets, longer poems, even the collaborative and ...

A challenge: read an entire oeuvre - Kelsey McKinney | Substack

... I realize now, to have ... One of my goals for this year is to read the entire works of a single author. ... I did, you will read more early works ...

Authors whose complete works you want to read

While some writers only a few of a sometimes long career's books you feel like reading, others entice you to get to know their work in its ...

Have you read the complete works of a single author? - Ask MetaFilter

If that's the exercise, what it's going to do for you is bring you closer to covering that author's specific territory. You risk appropriating ...

Reading an author's complete oeuvre – a suggestion

I bet you will discover new aspects, ideas, nuances that you didn't notice the first time you read their books. Then, either while you're ...

Would an author's personal life/views affect whether or not you read ...

LauraT I think that the authors were influenced by their life and historical period when writing their works. So to fully comprehend them one ...

HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK? - The Academy Museum Store

Author Kristen Lopez explores just what makes these works classics of both the page and screen, and why each made for an exceptional adaptation—whether faithful ...

What Do You Call a Writer Who Never Reads? - Kristen Lamb

Guarantee the writer doesn't read. We need connectivity not only to come up with original story ideas, but to also piece the entire work ...

How to Write a Book: 23 Simple Steps from a Bestseller - Jerry Jenkins

Where I work now is light years from where I started. But the point is, I didn't wait to start writing until I could have a great spot in which to do it. Part ...

How Writers Read (Vol. 3) - Believer Magazine

... all my reading time is swallowed up by life/work craziness. 8) Do you read multiple books at once? ALICE BOLIN: Nooo. Maybe if they were ...

How to write a great book review (as an author)

But many authors also write book reviews – of books they've read and loved, of books their friends and fellow writers have written, or of ...

Jason Reynolds

Here's what I do: not write boring books. Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of many award-winning books, including Look Both Ways: A ...

Why All Writers Should Read in Translation - Almost An Author

As writers, we're forced to make challenging stylistic decisions of our own, even if we work only in our native tongues. Reading in translation, ...

How to Write Novels Men Want to Read - Author Media

A buddy of mine once spent 20 minutes talking to me about how nuclear bombs are made and how they work, based on what he read in The Sum of All ...

Patrick Ness' guide to writing: On when to let others read it - Book Trust

I spend separate, very long meetings with my agent and my editor discussing a second draft in great detail. All the bits that do work, yes, but far more ...

HOW TO READ LIKE A WRITER - Career Authors

Note: When your own books are available in e-book format, check to see what readers are highlighting in your own work. Read the oeuvre in order.

Random Thoughts: Reading the entire works of an author

If I do read in succession, there comes a point where I need a break. It's why I'm only returning now to writers including Ishiguro, Drabble and ...

Defining Literary

How many agents, I wonder, have read queries for works labeled “literary” only to find the prose was commercial-fiction quality? How many writers dream of ...