What can we learn about writing from MC's end-of-the-world killer bacteria sci-fi drama? Readers will lap up hard science and data sets if they're bound up in a chewy good story. Give the people what they want. Read Michael Crichton for realz

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

Do you want to get everything you ever wanted &amp; live your best life? Then you're going to have to read hard, wide &amp; free. 
Together, let's learn how to read &amp; write by analysing the best works ever written, and then some. 
How do writers do it - keep readers turning the page until they finish the book or throw it across the room? 
Each episode looks at one book, its first line and a standout section where there's a lesson to be learned about writing.
Dissecting writers' language, genre and how their work fits into a greater context can help us understand other people and ourselves. x

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Do you want to get everything you ever wanted & live your best life? Then you're going to have to read hard, wide & free. Together, let's learn how to read & write by analysing the best works ever written, and then some. How do writers do it - keep readers turning the page until they finish the book or throw it across the room? Each episode looks at one book, its first line and a standout section where there's a lesson to be learned about writing. Dissecting writers' language, genre and how their work fits into a greater context can help us understand other people and ourselves. x

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