When Mike Bunn writes “You are already an author.” He refers to the fact that we all have experience in writing, whether it be essay writing or story writing, the author is just telling us that we already know how to write. Well as little kids, we would write little stories with pictures to try to entertain ourselves. Then when we move high up to late elementary and early middle school, you start doing paragraph writing and answering questions elegantly. Finally when you’re in late middle school and high school, you start to do a lot of essay writing, like argumentative essays for example. We use words to send messages to each other, create ideas, show feelings, get help, or pretty much anything that requires you to speak to get what you need. The existing experience already maps out where I am in terms of progress as a writer, so it can make it easier to find out where you are lackluster in and what you are excelling in. It helps give me a starter format for college as I wouldn’t have been able to write well if I didn’t have prior experience. These experiences are the building blocks to good writing and the required steps. Things I noticed in Bunn’s article that I would try to use would be his use of “breaking the 4th wall” and being able to quickly transition back to the 1st person point of view. I have not done something like that because I don’t think I can critically use that technique in the right scenario, so I want to see if I can do that with a bit of help. Another thing I noticed that Bunn used was his questioning in between paragraphs which has the reader having something to think about while they continue reading. I’m not good at asking the best questions at the best times, however this author did. So it amazes me to see how well he was able to just slip in a question in the middle, so I have to be able to do something like that to be a good writer.
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