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Reading Like A Writer
In order to master your craft, you have to study it.
My eyes glide across Kathryn Stockett’s book, The Help.
This is the second time I’m reading through this amazing book, and I’ve just realized that it’s in present tense.
I mean– I knew it was in present tense, but I found myself looking at the verbs. I’m currently in Shaunta Grimes 31 day writing challenge for May, and day two’s assignment was to read like a writer. I’m also working on my own fiction project named Anomaly, which is about a transgender teen fighting his way to a spot on his high school basketball team in a conservative school system. It’s also in present tense. If you want to check out the first chapter, I’ll provide a link.
The Help is set in Jackson, Mississipi in 1962 where there’s separate bathrooms as well as grocery stores.
A group of brave maids team up with an aspiring writer to write a truth–filled book sure to shake the segregated South to its core. Kathryn…
