In the article, Mike Bunn writes “You are already an author” telling the audience that regardless of who you are you are a writer. Everyone can make a connection whether it’s an old school assignment, an email, a text, or your weekly grocery list. The article “How to read like a writer” demonstrates the idea that by reading in a certain way, like from the authors’ point of view, and realizing the connections between reading and writing you can become a better writer. I’ve written essays for old school assignments, emails to teachers, texts to friends, and captions for social media, which were all written in a certain way to either persuade or capture the reader’s attention, etc.. Reading like a writer is examining what you read and asking questions to understand how the piece of writing was put together by the author; what techniques they used, what made them choose those particular techniques versus something else, how the technique might influence the reader, and how the different techniques can influence your own writing. Reading like a writer will help me further in college because instead of reading a text and just writing about it, I’ll take into consideration reading like a writer and analyze that text to make my own writing better. Something I noticed in Bunn’s article is that he used other students’ observations on the topic. I think this is a good way to gain depth and perspective, and I’ll definitely try to incorporate that into my next writing piece. Overall the goal of “reading like a writer” is to find what you think are the most important choices represented in the text and analyze the effect of those choices on the reader and potential readers, also thinking about how the piece might’ve been different if the author made different choices and how that would affect the reader as well, and finally taking into concertation what you’ve read and analyzed and using it in your own writing.
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Professor: Annie Wang
Email: annie.wang52@citytech.cuny.edu
Course Location: Namm N-618
Course meeting times:
TuTh 4:05 – 5:45 PM
Weekly office hour:
Th 5:45 – 6:45 PM (Namm N-618),
or by appointment
A course in effective essay writing and basic research techniques including use of the library. Demanding readings assigned for classroom discussion and as a basis for essay writing.
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