Jessica carbine

Adam Burningham

english1010

august/26/2015

My experience with reading and writing

Reading 

I love reading I love submersing  myself into a world that is not my own the world of the author.
when I imagine the world that the author is trying to portray it feels like a collaborative effort I am making with the author it may be their world but there is a million different ways to imagine it.  I find this to be true when ever I read a book after a friend recommends it or after I recommend it to them. after reading a the same book from a friend or family member I love to compare and contrast how they imagined the world in the book with how I imagined it. I may have imagined a certain character with long black hair and a raspy voice while they may have imagined that same character with short brown hair and a smooth voice. What ever the author doesn't describe thoroughly is left up to the readers imagination and then some. I read all kinds of things from big thick fantasy books to reference books, but my favorite genres are fantasy, steam punk, and art. there are so many different books if anyone says they don't like reading I firmly believe that it's because they haven't read the right one yet.

Writing

I think I like to write because I love to read so much I also like  to draw so I like to illustrate my own stories. I like to write but I don't think I'm to good at writing assignments. I usually just write what is needed on assignments even though I'd like to add more of my own style. when I hear the word peer review it often makes cringe. I don't like the idea of other people in my class reading my paper but that logic is strange because I could care less about the teacher reading it, that doesn't bother me. I know how ever that peer reviews are an important because I often make mistakes in my own writing that I won't notice upon reading it a second time but others will. It also helps expand on ideas and what you could improve your writing as a whole. If used correctly it can be a very beneficial experience but used poorly and it can shatter the writers self-steam.