TheNew York Timesbestselling author of the beloved classicHow to Read Literature Like a Professorteaches 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 writingand invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacherretired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. WithHow to Write Like a Writeryoull 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 allfor better or worse, whether we mean to or notare known by what we put on paper or screen, both our thoughts and our words.