In the the Essay “How to Read Like a Writer” we read how the author countless times says we read as if we were writing the story. I believe that the author isn’t hiding the meaning of reading like a writer behind metaphors, descriptions and other things. They are telling us to read it as if it were our story and the more we understand it word for word, the thing we are reading becomes ours in a way. We begin to tell the story and in a way have retell the story to ourselves. We turn into the writer and instead of understanding what the writer is telling us, we are becoming that writer and making the same choices to make the reading interesting and easier to comprehend because it is something “we” created. Bunn explains, “You are already an author, and that means you have a built-in advantage when reading like a writer. All of your previous writing experiences—inside the classroom and out—can contribute to your success with RLW” (Pg. 75). We have read so much as children that we can understand more readings, the more genres and authors we read from.