A Writer is a Reader Foremost

     "He leaned back in his desk chair, letting out an exasperated sigh before leaning forward so that his textbook was in the direction of his vision. Isaac reluctantly forced his eyes to be glued to the textbook, and the words and sentences that were filled inside of it. He made sure his phone was turned upside down, that way he was not distracted by any activity that was going on in any group chats he was apart off. Isaac bounced his leg rapidly, trying to stay focused on the readings that lay in front of him. But it was hard for him His mind slowly began to wander, drifting off into the inescapable dimension of daydreaming, where thoughts unrelated to schoolwork ran supreme..."

    One of my BIGGEST problems when it comes schoolwork (Or just writing in general) is daydreaming. I have a very active mind that starts to think about other things: Superheroes, ideas for my book, professional wrestling, etc. I just to learn to focus on the topic at hand so I can get all my work done. That way, I can think about whatever I want to think about on my own time. 

RESPONSE QUESTIONS AFTER READING THE ESSAY "THE SLOWEST READER" BY BENJAMIN PERCY

    Percy realized that he needed to stop rushing through his reading because he was rushing through his writing, submissions and note-taking. And since he rushed through his reading, he wouldn't remember everything that happened in any of the books that he read, only small details. He realized that taking his time while reading was important because he would grasp and remember everything that he read in the story so that he could write an even better response or essay. 

    Being the slowest reader means that you don't read books and stories at the "normal" pace of others and being a slow reader could be seen negatively because you "take forever to read a book" or whatever. I see it as a positive thing because slowly reading your book means you are truly analyzing the story and trying to pick up every small detail so that you can remember everything for years to come.

    Reading slowly will be beneficial for this class because when we have to read any books or essays, we want to know what's going on. We want to pick up on important details so that way when we have to reflect upon what we wrote, we can remember everything and respond with a good answer. We want to analyze everything as a true writer would.

    "Isaac's eyes went up and down as he followed the text on the laptop screen, re-reading the directions given to him that regarded the essay assignment given to him by his teacher for the hundredth time. He switched tabs and started typing away on the open doc he was doing the assignment on. His fingers danced across his keypad as he watched multiple-colored underlines pop up on his paper, indicating that he either has a spelling error or grammatical error. He was very used to this." 

    So, I write all the time. As I've mentioned before but I want to be an author and write books. My biggest flaw as a writer is that I do need to slow down and think about what I'm writing about. I would speed through some of my essays in high school and my teacher would always find countless mistakes and errors that needed to be corrected. Even though I aced these essays, (Most of the time anyways) it just wouldn't hurt for me to slow down and ask myself "Is what I'm writing making any actual sense? Or am I just rushing to get this done?". I do this with the book I'm attempting to write because I get too excited and just want it to finish it as soon as possible, but I've got to realize that if I slow down and take my time, the book has the chance at being actually somewhat good. 

RESPONSE QUESTIONS TO THE ESSAY "WRITING AN ESSAY: HERE ARE TEN EFFECTIVE TIPS." BY JOE BUNTING. 

The two tips that I think are the most important for writing an essay are "Your essay is just a story" and "Ask yourself before you start writing: How can I have fun writing this?".

"Your essay is just a story." This tip is huge to people like me who really want to write stories for living. Bunting explains that stories and essays are both about the same thing: Conflict and change. It's just that with an essay, the conflict is the different ideas, and the change is how people should perceive those ideas.

"Ask yourself before you start writing: How can I have fun writing this?" You don't have to write boring essays. If you're writing an essay on "the history of cafeteria foods", you can easily spice up the subject by searching up the most interesting facts related to the subject to really grab the readers (and your) attention. Or if you can't find any interesting fun facts about cafeteria foods, make jokes. Be sarcastic. Just be yourself in the essay, it'll be much more fun that way!