1. Instead of reading for context or to better understand the ideas in the writing, you are trying to understand how the author put together the piece of writing.
  2. When you read like a writer, you are trying to figure out how the text you are reading was constructed
  3. Reading like a writer can help you understand how the process of writing is a series of choices and by doing so it can help you recognize important decisions you might face and techniques you might want to use.
  4. Get the context surrounding the assignment and the text you are reading.
  5. Because the conventions for each genre can be very different, techniques that are effective for one genre may not work well in another.
  6. Knowing ahead of time what kind of writing assignment you will be asked to complete can help you to read like a writer. Is particularly helpful because you can look at a piece you’re reading and think if you want to adopt a similar style.
  7. As you’re first learning to read in this new way, you may want to have a set of questions written or typed out in front of you that you can refer to while reading
  8. Mark up the text, make comments in the margins, and write yourself notes and summaries both during and after reading. Often the notes students took while reading became ideas or material for the students to use in their papers.