(Ranger’s Apprentice: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja. Penguin Young Readers Group.)
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, the tenth book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, is my favorite book in the genre of fiction.
As I finish the last page, I close the book shut and place it on my desk. I’ve finish reading the ten books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. Without thinking, I open my laptop and begin to look up the next set of books I will read. Hopefully, the library is still open…
Although I enjoy writing, I would not define myself as a writer. I am a reader first, then a writer. Interestingly, my style of writing is based on what approach I take as a reader. If I read a book and focus on the details – the punctuation marks used by the author, the word choice, and the literary devices – I will be able to comment on specific parts of the text. In this case, I am confident that I will be able to write strong close-textual analysis pieces. However, if I approach a work from a general standpoint by looking at the overall meaning, I will be able to write accurate summaries and derive the themes present.
Reading is a seed: it is the input, and it is my responsibility that I attend to the seed properly by focusing and putting in effort when I read. I must read accurately, and more importantly, I must read with interest. If I care for my seed in this way, it will grow into a living, thriving plant, represented by my writing (the output). If I do not read properly and skip over meaningful parts in the text, this will lead to a broken, damaged plant, and my writing will suffer.
Sure, writing is important, but reading will dictate my writing. Through these blogs, I hope you will see how my approach to certain texts leads to different interpretations. I can assure you, through my experience with blogging, I will water the seed to see my plant grow into a beautiful, vibrant life form.
(Aken, Sam Van. “One Artist Has Created a Hybrid Tree That Can Grow 40 Different Types of Stone Fruits to Bring Attention to Fruit Varieties That Are Not Commercially Produced.” Pretty Tree Grows 40 Different Kinds of Fruit.)
Staying in line with my analogy, I hope you will see my writing as a plant like the one shown above.
Borderless Butterfly 