How to Read Like a Writer (to become a better writer)

All writers know that in order to write novels you need to also read them. But how do you read like a writer? Here are my top 5 tips on how to improve your writing through reading.

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Jessica Brody is the author SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL as well as more than 20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults, published by Simon & Schuster, Random House, Macmillan, and Disney Press. Her books have been translated and published in over 23 countries and several have been optioned for film and TV. She is the founder of the Writing Mastery Academy, an innovative online learning platform for fiction writers.

0:00: Intro
2:12: Tip 1 - Read as a reader first
2:55: Tip 2 - Try to Identify the beats
4:35 - Tip 3 - Identify the "before" and "after" character
6:04:Tip 4 - Label the Backstory
8:06:Tip 5 - Identify Goals