Reading like a writer

I never really realized the different types of writing and all the other work put into it. I always thought there were many types of reading for example; people who are slow at reading, people who are slow at comprehending things, and people who are good etc. When I was reading this article it really jumped out at me now reading like a writer makes you become a better reader. And when I really focused in on it it made sense. It was stated in the article “When you read like a writer, you are trying to figure out how the text you are reading was constructed so that you learn how to “build” one for yourself.” To put this in my words, I would say that you are trying to understand how the author wrote it, what he or she is talking about, or maybe how they are thinking, and then you take they’re knowledge of the way they wrote it and put a story of your own into place of how there’s went. When you start to read, you have to examine it carefully. You have to look at everything that goes into the work, for example maybe there are facts in the story. You have to really pay attention to if those facts are right. Anyone can make up a story with bogus facts and call it work. But when you examine the article and focus on everything, you know you are reading like a writer. When I first started to read about “reading like a writer” I couldn’t really grasp the knowledge. I didn’t understand what the author was saying, it’s almost like I needed it dumbed down because there were so many facts and so much about the article and all the little details that I couldn’t grasp all the knowledge. And then it hit me, I wasn’t reading like a writer and this is exactly what they’re talking about. So I went back and I reread the parts I didn’t understand and I began to understand. I understood how to read like a writer, I needed to pick up the little pieces that put the story together. And that’s how I was able to read like a writer just by reading this article. Even though you may not get assigned to do this much work for a reading assignment, it will only better your reading progress. When you read like a writer your able to understand the words a lot better, which makes you able to understand the content and what they are trying to get across. Like I said, even if your teacher doesn’t assign you to do this much work, it will never hurt to go above and beyond to better yourself.