How have you grown as a reader, writer, and thinker?

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Answer 1

What a thought-provoking question! I have thought about this question as I wandered through the library stacks and noted how my tastes in books have changed over the years but never explored it in writing.

Even as a youngster, I liked non-fiction history and biography, but I also devoured mass market literature too. During my early motherhood years, I read all kinds of books from the inane to the classic to my children, but now I find myself spending most of my time reading history, science, biography, American West fiction and non-fiction, and political books. I treat myself to mass market mysteries whenever I can, especially if they are set in the American West.

In my earlier years, I read to escape. Now I read to make connections. I like to explore why the world and people are the way they are. Existence seems to be a sort of dot to dot type of thing, and I enjoy finding the lines that connect the dots.

In the past, I was content to briefly describe or develop a topic in my own writing. Now I find it easy to expand on ideas or go in new directions. I teach, and my students remind me of my young self when they exclaim, "How can I possibly add more detail or thought?" to a very short answer.

I started keeping a book diary about seven years ago and wish I had started this as a youngster. It is interesting to see what I read, how that reading follows certain patterns, what fascinates me at different times, what I read over and over, and what I think is good or bad at the time.

Thanks for the great question.

Answer 2

I wouldn't think an individual could be defined in such a way. I always thought it would be a balanced colaboration of all 3. But I guess it makes sense.

Me, personally, I would consider myself a thinker, either that or a reader (Although I seldom read books anymore). I think it is because I'm a scientist and I'm required to expand of others' work to better mankind. I do think alot, about everything and sometimes that causes problems. I think I would be better as a pure reader.

Good question though.

Answer 3

I studied Journalism. I asked my friend columist her book On Lively Art of Writing. I submitted my manuscripts to magazines that published my stories, by chance. Wanting to go back to creative writing, I surf internet google for how to wrtie a novel, by author Kilian, beginning, middle and end of novel, and all you want to know about becoming a good writer is provided for you. God bless.