Summary: In this article the author explains to us ways in which to read like a writer. They do this by explaining an aspect of reading like a writer through each paragraph under different headings. Writing is a meticulous, step by step process that every author has to go through with every story, book, or article that they write. Each author seems to have their special or particular style/techniques that are shown through reading each story. No two authors are the same when it comes to writing, their format may be similar, but the way they tell their stories are never the same. When you read like a writer you pick up on these things in which you can interpret it in any way you want because not only are writers different from each other, readers are too. Every person that reads the books or articles interpret it differently, but you can go even further when you start reading like a writer.
Main Ideas and Terms:
1.) Everybody interprets and analyzes stories, or in this case paragraphs, differently.
2.) Writing is ever changing and ever growing too with time.
1.) Gaelic: relating to the Celtic language of Scotland.
2.) Topographical map: a map that shows a particular places’ natural and man-made features (usually landscape).
3.) Castaway: A person that has been stranded in an isolated place (usually islands and by shipwreck).
4.) Continental Islands: An island that is near or associated with a continent (IE: British Isles).
5.) Oceanic Islands: Islands that rise from the ocean floor due to seismic or volcanic activity (IE: Mariana Islands).
Analysis: I think that these articles kind of go hand in hand, in that “how to read like a writer” gives us ways on how to well, read like a writer, and the article of “…..And by Islands, I mean paragraphs,” gives us a kind of test/challenge to read like a writer. So the first article gives us a “road-map” of sorts for reading like a writer and the second article gives us an actual “map” that is for our many different interpretations of it using different techniques shown from the first article. To be honest I read both of these articles like a “reader” and not a “writer” because first of all, I didn’t even know that reading like a writer was a thing, and second of all, because I read articles for a class differently than I read a book for fun. Both articles made me confused a bit, but the “…..And by Islands, I mean paragraphs” article confused me a lot more than the “How to read like a Writer” article because at least the first article had details and paragraphs of information behind it, rather than the islands article having no background information, steps, instructions, and the ever changing paragraphs. But overall I would have to say that the second article engaged me more because it wasn’t like a normal article like the first article and it was the first time I have seen an article that was set up like that.
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