“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. Because you “have written” things yourself, just as Moran suggests, you are better able to “see” the choices that the author is making in the texts that you read.” (75)

I found this moment in the text to be interesting, because most people would not have seen themselves as authors if they had not gone on to continue writing texts outside of school work. To imply that any experiences that people have had writing something help succeed in reading like a writer, can instill confidence in people that struggle to write. It also frames reading like a writer as an easier task since it is already expanding on what people know to do and what they already “see”. The statement also encourages readers to read texts that they have already read to see how their perspective while reading has changed. If texts that people have written and read before contributed to how they read now, then going back to those works can show how perspectives can change.