Author: Ashani Ferguson (Page 7 of 8)

Some takeaways I took from Mike Bunn’s “How to read like a writer” is:

• When reading ask yourself a set a questions for each paragraph and if you can’t answer re-read the text again.
• While reading always look for key moments the author spices up the text.
• When using a quote carefully think of it’s placement and purpose.

A quote that stuck out to me from this text was writing professor Richard Straub  words, ” You’re not going to just read a text. You’re going to read a text within a certain context a set of circumstances…”. This quote stuck out to me because in reading it isn’t just the storyline and plot twist you’re looking for but, it’s also the author’s way of writing. Their choices of words, placement, organization, topics, and evidence. The reader looks for these skills to build upon their own text and writing skills so their paper would look more of a published article than a regular student paper.

Some takeaways I got from Tonni Morrison’s, “The reader of an Artist” was:

• Compare the text to a writer’s point a view than an audience.
• After you finish a text go back and manipulate the text to see where the writer could’ve adjusted their text.
• Language, it plays a key part in your writing.

A quote I took away from this text was Tonni’s statement that said,”Listening required me to surrender to the narrator’s world while remaining alert inside it.”.  This was important to me because in reading, to get a taste of what’s going on you must step into the author’s shoes and paint a image of what they’re seeing. However, in doing that you shouldn’t lose sight of the key skills you’re looking for.