In the article How to Read like a Writer by Mike Bunn he goes in depth as to the importance of the choice of words a writer uses when creating a written piece.  How every sentence or choice of writing has a purpose. Creativity is endless all it takes is an idea and the rest can be written down. Hence when the author Mike Bunn in his article states “You are already an author” to the reader he is just reiterating the fact that anyone is an author. A perfect example of this can be seen in our daily lives and we just don’t notice it, for instance, when we judge, think or even start making goals and start making a breakdown step by step on how we will achieve that goal to even planning/thinking how one’s day will go. Even having a simple conversation is a form of writing, believe it or not, they are words that just have not been written down on paper. Keeping this in mind all that prior existing expertise will fundamentally aid your engagement in college reading and writing because that expertise/experience is already in existence. However, as great as it may be that prior expertise exists that does not mean we are all set to be professionals we still have to ensure our writing is organized and well formatted. That is where our professors will aid us in bettering our reading and writing altogether. One thing that stood out to me in Bunn’s article was when he was talking about a writing piece on Barack Obama and how the author used a quote to start it. Later a question was asked “Would you want to start your essay with a quote?” It made me think about how there are a vast quantity of writing styles and techniques that really make an author unique and some methods are great the whole purpose or main objective is just learning it and practicing it to perfection.

 

– Brian Tenecela