“You are already an author” – Frida

In the article “How to Read Like a Writer”, Mike Bunn writes “You are already an author.” What the author is trying to convey by writing this quote is simply how we already use reading and writing in our everyday lives. We all have past reading and writing experience. For example, the first thing most people do when they wake up is check their mobile phones. When you go through your messages and social media you are reading whether it be the time, a post, or a message. We write messages to our friends and family all the time. If you are enrolled in school, you tend to do a lot of note taking and write essays. These are just some ways of how we use reading and writing in our daily lives.  I believe that this existing expertise will help me in college because everyday I learn something new. Most of the time, we gain knowledge without even realizing it. For example, if you visit the news app on your mobile phone and start reading any post, you can come across new vocabulary words and new writing techniques you weren’t familiar with before. I always try to take something new that I learned and incorporate it into my writing. That is just how we develop new skills and become better readers and writers. One thing I noticed in Bunn’s article that I  would like to try is asking myself more questions and answering these questions as I write. In the article, Mike Bunn often asked questions about the authors purpose, the readers thoughts and feelings about the text, and the authors’ use of techniques. I believe this is a great way to get people to have a better understanding of what as an author I am trying to portray to the audience.