"Reading Like a Writer"

Reading like a writer means that you take into account how others will perceive what you have to say.  I think it is a very important tool in order to create an effective writing style. In order to create an effective essay, you must first identify the situation and the purpose.  These two things essentially tell the reader why the writer is writing the piece.  This is a very important aspect to me because it makes following a long, and relating one’s own experiences to the writing much easier.

For my memory essay, I have been using a technique called gathering authoritative sources. It is very important to use these in order to reduce risk of faulty information that could potentially ruin your paper. Also, I think that after I write my first draft, that I could go back and edit and annotate for mistakes and to develop future ideas. This would help me to become a better writer, because I will go back through it as if i were reading it for the first time. I have always understood critical reading and rhetoric styles, but last night's reading was a good review and provided excellent examples as to what certain things really mean.

 I think that writing to your audience is perhaps the best way to be an effective writer as well as mechanical things. In order to get a particular message across, you must make sure you write how you think your audience will read. Critical reading is a very valuable tool, and I have learned that it is worth the extra time to have a very well written essay.