Summary Of How To Read Like A Writer By Mike Bunn

Reading may seem like an run of the mill thing where you laugh at the funny jokes, glare into the abyss when the text possess a provocative quote. To Mike Bunn the author of “How to Read Like A Writer,” has a different interpretation of what reading should be. Mike Bunn emphasizes that reading should be more than just context, he argues that you need to question the authors’ choice of words, literary devices, sentence placement, in order to be able to become better readers and writers ourselfs. He presents it to the audience in a manner that is very interactive. He begins by explaining what he means to “Read Like a Writer”(Bunn, How to Read Like A Writer), followed by questions that should be asked about the text and writing style, and techniques that should be done to become a more proficient writer.

He breaks his article into several subtopics which make his article even more concrete. Bunn is trying to get the point across that most people don't read the text past the surface. He wants readers to look at the text, imagine if it was written in a different manner and question which method or choice of wording was more effective. He wants his audience to grow attentive to the literary devices, choice of words, whether the author incuded a quote, decide if it was efficient and advanced the intended message. “Reading like a writer can help you understand how the process of writing is a series of making choices, and in doing so, can help you recognize important decisions you might face and techniques you might want to use when working on your own writing”(Bunn, How to Read Like A Writer). Bunn wants readers to eventually incorporate the techniques into their own