ENG1101 Fall 2023 Tuesday 2 PM

When Mike Bunn writes “You are already an author” at first I thought it meant that while I’m reading I have to think like a writer, an author but he truly meant that you are an author example right now I’m writing . Or when I text to my friends, When I’m writing an essay these are ways that make you a writer ,writing based on your opinions and thoughts all your work that’s a reason that makes us an author. I write everyday I use my phone to write when I text ,when I need to share some stories to family about certain things. When I do that I’m sharing my story based on what happened or happens to me or anyone and the words I use are important it’s what helps them understand my feelings, my emotions, my thoughts that way they can sort of feel what I’m telling them, being in my position. While reading “How to Read Like a Writer” it’s helping me to realize especially in college I shouldn’t just read to just read but to understand it and to know how to feel the words that I’m reading to better understand it. That way when I write I just put myself in the place of an author and a reader so it can make a better sense to me and learn to be creative and open minded on the words I write and read.

What I took from Mike Bunn and his words  was to want to learn how to better read a story to believe the words you both write and read at the same time. In the book he says “The goal as you read like a writer is to locate what you believe are the most important writerly choices…Then you can go one step further and imagine what different choices the author might have made instead,”(Page 72). That stuck to me because I would never understand why you would have to care better of believe what you read if it’s just something you just have to do but. It’s what will make you better at what you want to do like write.

 

There are numerous ways to read, yet there are typically just two. Reading like a writer involves trying to figure out how the text you are reading was put together in order to learn how to “build” one yourself.Mike Bunn’s essay Reading like a writer explores the ways of how to properly understand what you are reading about. He helps you understand that you have to read word by word and sentence by sentence just like a writer. By understanding the way an author writes you are not just a reader but a writer too. A text, a post on social media or any letter that you could have written classifies you as a writer. But Mike Bunn goes into more depth about comprehending the type of reading you chose. Every body has a different genre of what they wanna read about. You can interpret a work of reading as if you are writing because you are putting yourself in the authors point of view. Just as when you tell a part of your life to someone else, you are telling your story and someone is putting themselves through your point of view. If you read as you were writing you will understand the structure of many different types of writing, as well as the purpose. We are also able to analyze the imagery and any other techniques in the writing. In addition to providing the background information on his life at the time he discovered this reading technique, he paints a picture with vivid details He compares us to an “architect” because in a way they focus on the construction, form and features. Mike Bunn quotes “when we read like writers we understand and participate in the writing.” This means that it helps us understand and interact with the material to read like a writer.