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Many people think that reading more can help them to think and develop before writing something. Others might think that they don’t need to read and or write that it can really help them to brainstorm things a lot quicker and to develop their own ideas immediately (right away). The author’s purpose of Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, is to understand the concepts, strategies and understandings of how to always read first and then start something. The importance of this essay is to understand and comprehend our reading and writing skills by brainstorming our ideas and thoughts a lot quicker. In other words, we must always try to read first before we can brainstorm some ideas and to think before we write something. There are many reasons why I chose Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, by many ways that reading can help you to comprehend, writing, can help you to evaluate and summarize things after reading a passage, if you read, it can help you to write things better and as you read, it can help you to think and evaluate of what to write about. …show more content…
Comprehend is basically means “to understand something.” This is because in order for you to write something, you must understand what the passage is about and then start brainstorming some ideas of what to write about. In Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, King wrote, “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others. Read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.” (King 221). This proves that, reading can help you to comprehend of what you’re going to write about. However, if you don’t read, you are more than likely to have a problem of what the passage is about and to be able to understand of what the main idea of the passage
...e does not discuss what she is writing, while she is writing it. She is afraid that if she speaks of it, it will wear out her idea. She says, “If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is: Just do it! Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write”.
In On Writing’s section titled “On Writing,” Stephen King iterates multiple times, his true feelings for writing by telling his story. The central point that he uses to say that writing is his passion and what he truly feels joy in is how he writes. King at one point says, “When I am writing, it is all the playground…”(King 149), this is the best example of how he translates his feelings. He uses the playground as a metaphor to intensify the joy he gets from writing, as a playground or park is something we can all relate to. It is not just that one quote, but it is also his tone as a whole, rather than being some distanced writer not showing emotion, he creates a tone of a proud father, pushing a child to love what he does, and not to take it for granted. King accomplishes this tone by giving small tips and tricks that he has used over the years, almost as a mentor to give the sense as it is not just a book, but a guide to becoming a better
In the article “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn explains how reading more can actually improve your skills as a writer. Bunn states that “When you Read LIke a Writer you work to identify some of the choices the author made so that you can better understand how such choices might arise in your own work” (72). What this quote means is that when you carefully read the writing of other authors, you can pick up their writing style in your own writing, To adopt the techniques of a writer, you must have an idea of how the author created the writing as a whole. Bunn states that “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” (74). The quote means that you must get in the mentality of the author to get an understanding of what the text is saying. In addition, reading like a write is an opportunity to learn more about increasing your skills in writing by assisting you in understanding the process of what an author goes through during a writing process. To read like a writer, you must read the text in a certain context. Not only is the context of the text important to, but knowing the genre is necessary when reading like a writer. Bunn states “Genre… most often used to indicate the type of writing: a poem, a newspaper article, an essay, a short story, a novel, a legal brief, an instruction manual, etc” (77).
I strongly agree with Stephen King’s excerpt of “What Writing Is”. The fact that he mentions telepathy and it being possible, then he shows you it’s possible. That’s pretty great. You can see similar examples in modern times such as say the media casting bad vibes to the people. Everything’s either crime, racism, or sexism these days. Further dividing us a nation.
After reading an essay, ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King, I was highly interested in King’s opinion about the necessity of reading and writing frequently in order to become a good writer. In King’s essay he talks about how he does not read to study and that he simply reads just to read; however, King does point out that though he is not reading to study there is still a learning process happening with everything he reads. “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.” (King) Why does King have this opinion about books?
Although the greater picture is that reading is fundamental, the two authors have a few different messages that they seek to communicate to their audiences. “The Joy of Reading and Writing” depicts how reading serves as a mechanism to escape the preconceived notions that constrain several groups of people from establishing themselves and achieving success in their lifetimes. “Reading to Write,” on the other hand, offers a valuable advice to aspiring writers. The author suggests that one has to read, read, and read before he or she can become a writer. Moreover, he holds an interesting opinion concerning mediocre writing. He says, “Every book you pick has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (p.221). Although these two essays differ in their contents and messages, the authors use the same rhetorical mode to write their essays. Both are process analyses, meaning that they develop their main argument and provide justification for it step by step. By employing this technique, the two authors create essays that are thoughtful, well supported, and easy to understand. In addition, Alexie and King both add a little personal touch to their writings as they include personal anecdotes. This has the effect of providing support for their arguments. Although the two essays have fairly different messages, the authors make use of anecdotes and structure their writing in a somewhat similar
In the short story “The Reach,” Stephen King addresses the fact that in life there is a constant fear of death, but when confronted with it is easier to accept when someone has seen many deaths and knows that they are dying themselves. The narrator of the story knows that she is dying and, being an elder, has seen many deaths. We reach this conclusion when she questions the love she has for others and no longer cries when others die around her anymore. She has seen many deaths in the years and can only accept that death is inevitable and a part of life. Mostly everyone she grew up with has passed on already.
Only Stephen King could write such a spellbinding tale of a bunch of boys doing nothing but walking.
In the article, Directions: Write, Read, Rewrite. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as Needed, Susan Sontag provides her thoughts on the connection between reading and writing. Specifically Sontag makes three main arguments. First, reading and writing are joined and we can use this process to make our writing better. Second, reading can be used as a motivation for writing. Finally, that writing can be used as a method of escape, joy, and elimination of the ego.
Danny Torrance (Major) - Jack’s five year old son with a special power called the “Shining”. He is able to see what others cannot, and is able to see the horror of the hotel they are staying in. Danny is also able to feel the rift between his parents, and tries to stop a divorce from happening.
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947. King was born and grew up in Portland, Maine. King's parents are Donald and Nellie Ruth King. He had one brother. King graduated at Lisbon Falls High school in 1966. He attended college at the university of Maine. Stephen finished college with a degree for english in 1970.
It tells us how we need to change the misconception we have of writing. “How to write” compared to “what is writing” is a big difference. One is simply saying how to set up a paper and use proper grammar while the other is actually knowing what you are writing and how it ties into a text you may have to read or having your main point be understood. People may say writing is natural but how can they if all they do is mostly summarize. They need to understand the bigger picture of writing. You have to know how to truly understand all the fundaments that go into writing an essay or paper. Reading a context and knowing what it means, its deep meaning and then put into perspective what you want to write about (Downs & Wardle, 553). This article talks how people think writing is just a general concept that should be known and that in college taking writing once can prepare you for the rest of your college career. Nothing is so simple especially writing, it can not be like flipping on a switch. You have to prepare for it, practice and understand it. Natural writing will never be possible because we are not robots. It is not programmed into use and we automatically know it all. Things just don’t work like that, a skill is learned, not natural. When you can think critically, reading will seem natural for you. You can not summarize a reading and expect to be a good writer let alone a natural
Reading gives tools to be a good writer, and ameliorate your reading by practice reading a lot. I agree with the king because The English language is my second language. When I start learning English, the first and fast skills I learned were reading. Then I improved other skills by reading, when I was going to write something, I was reading some articles, and I follow the directions to make a
The novel, The Catcher in the Rye, tells the story of a troubled, young man, named Holden Caulfield. Throughout the book Holden gets kicked out of school goes to the city and stays at a few hotels. Holden tries to save all kids from reaching adulthood throughout the story. He believes in a world where everyone is young and should stay young forever. Some novels have an incident which explains the rest of the story in this novel its is when Holden finally realizes that he shouldn’t be trying to save everyone else, he should be trying to save himself.
This book is a great book and it touches ones heart in ways you couldn't imagine. I seriously love this book because I love romantic stories and it's just so cute. The movie is good but the book is better.