A LESSON ON HOW TO READ LIKE A WRITER.pptx

When we read from the perspective of a writer, we focus less on what the writer is trying to say and more on how the writer is saying it. Specifically, we look at the techniques the writer is using to get his or her message across and how those techniques affect us as we experience the text.

1. Chapter 3 How To Read Like A Writer

2. content 1. What Does It Mean to Read Like a Writer? 2. How Is RLW Different from “Normal” Reading? 3. Why Learn to Read Like a Writer?

3. 1 What does it mean to read like a writer?

4. The goal as you read like a writer is to locate what you believe are the most important writerly choices represented in the tex 3. Y ou work to identify some of the choices the author made so that you can better understand how such choices might arise in your own writing. 1. Instead of reading for content or to better understand the ideas in the writing you are trying to understand how the piece of writing was put together by the author andwhat you can learn about writing by reading a particular text 2. The hand account is an indispensable necessities of life. It is used to record what is happening in your daily life. 4. What Does It Mean To Read Like A Writer?

5. ‘ If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write ” . —Stephen King timelines.

6. WHAT IS READING LIKE A WRITER? Reading like a writer means being impacted by a piece of literature and investigating how the writer did it. Successful works of writing succeed for different reasons― a distinctive voice, moving storytelling, an empowering message, etc.

7. 2 How Is RLW Different from “Normal” Reading?

8. 2 . How Is RLW Different from “Normal” Reading? HAND ACCOUNT W e focus on HOW the writer is saying it. Y ou work to identify some of the choices the author made so that you can better understand how such choices might arise in your own writing.

9. 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. Author David Jauss makes a similar comparison when he writes that “reading won’t help you much unless you learn to read like a writer. You must look at a book the way a carpenter looks at a house someone else built, examining the details in order to see how it was made”

10. 3 Why Learn to Read Like a Writer?

11. 3 . Why Learn to Read Like a Writer? Reading as a writer is a complex mental process in which several areas of the brain are involved. As we all know, our brains and muscles have something in common: the fact that exercise is good for them. It Strengthens Your Brain When we read like a writer, we pay attention to a lot more details than we normally do. Reading like a writer involves, amongst other things, a lot of inevitable re-reading. It Helps You Better Understand and Remember What You Read The more you read, the easier it will be for you to be able to recognize certain writers and the more attention you pay to how writers express their thoughts, the easier it will be for you to find your own style if you decide to start writing. Become More Familiar With Different Writing Styles

12. Discussion 1. How is “Reading Like a Writer” similar to and/or different from the way(s) you read for other classes? 2.What kinds of choices do you make as a writer that readers might identify in your written work? 3.Is there anything you notice in this essay that you might like to try in your own writing? What is that technique or strategy? When do you plan to try using it? 4. What are some of the different ways that you can learn about the context of a text before you begin reading it?

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