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“How to read like a writer”- Jesse Narvaez

When Mike Bunn says ” You are already an author” in his article I think he means that when reading any type of article you should always put yourself in the author shoes while he was writing. I’ve never heard this quote before so that was the first thing that came to mind when I read ” You are already an author” What I liked about this this article was that it started off with a personal story sort off and then out of nowhere a how to guide article.  While reading this article I notice how Mike Bunn points out things I usually don’t do while I read for anything in life, for example in a part of the text the author talks about the fundamentals of deep reading and the techniques the author uses to piece together his writing. Another thing I found interesting about the text is when Mike Bunn talks about the two ways of reading  piece of writing, to better understand what he meant he compared how an architect and historian would write about a piece of architecture and how their perspective on it will be differ. The techniques that were mentioned by Mike Bunn, I will be using for future assignments just because I actually feel like it’ll help me, it’ll help wanna be more into reading a text. I also feel like this will change my whole way in writing and reading, it changes my whole perspective in any story I read and it’ll be like that every time I read something new for an assignment. In conclusion  Before finding about this text the way ill read will be just read until you got what your looking for  and that’ll be it but now I know is more to that and that ” Your already an author”

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How to Read Like a Writer – Kymmone Delgado

Many people tend to read solely for enjoyment or entertainment purposes and I for one have been guilty of doing this through the years. I never really thought about how important the connection between reading and writing were until I read this article. 

From the article: “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn, the author placed numerous emphasis on how important it is to focus on understanding the piece of writing, as well as the purpose and choices intended rather than merely reading for content purposes.   Additionally, he stated that “You are already an author” which I believe means that we are the originator or creator of our own pieces of writing which derived from previous practices or involvement, conversations we’ve had on a daily basis, contents we’ve actually written or work we’ve done within the classroom.

I vividly remember writing a story about police brutality back when I was in high school. It was a story about a pregnant woman who was wrongfully stopped by the police, which quickly escalated into her being brutally murdered. It was a story that invoked different types of emotions based on the imagery, details and rhetoric that were used. It was also something that my intended audience could relate to since it was a type of event that was rampant at the time in my country.

Based on my existing expertise, as well as the knowledge that was acquired from reading the article; I believe that going forward I’ll be more open and receptive to focusing on examining the intricacies of my college readings or texts rather than merely reading for entertainment. In the article, I noticed the way the author used personal details, as well as literary devices such and imagery, similes and metaphors to bring his point across in a more appealing way. These are some writing techniques that I would use when doing my own composition.

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” How to Read Like a Writer “

I think the author meant when he said ” you are already an author ” that any person can create a book, write an article or column in his/her own unique way. As a teenager i use to write random lyrics trying to make them rhyme to instrumental beats. In essence i was creating ” free-styles ” then recording them inside of a studio. i once created an album with some of my close friends. I really enjoyed writing because it was a release for me from a stressful or challenging day. Even until this very day i still write some for the therapy benefits. My experience with writing music will help me in my english course in that my creativity and savviness will shine in my work. What i noticed in the article is that the author was descriptive and detailed. I would like to incorporate those attributes into my writing because it would add intrigue and the reader would be able to visualize whats being written. As i was reading the article, i wrote down some notes and questions. One of my questions was, why was the fire safety laws outdated when the show LES MESERABLES was doing so well at the palace theatre. One note i wrote down was that the staff wasn’t properly trained for an emergency.