Good Readers and Good Writers Blog #8

What is your reaction to the essay? Is it an emotional one or logical one? I think my reaction to Good Readers and Good Writers would be a logical one because I already knew ahead of time what Vladimir would be talking about throughout the essay. He really made it clear in the first two paragraphs that he would be breaking reading and writing down in order to make you a better reader and writer. He was not shy about it. I liked reading what he had to say and I learned a lot that I did not know before, like the three facets of a good writer (pg: 4 p:18). I thought you just had to write about the popular topics that are happening now like vampires and werewolves, but that is not the case. Vladimir said you just need to have a good thought and the magic, story, and lesson will come with it and people will want to read what you write. I also learned some interesting qualities a good reader should have: imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense(pg:2 p:7). I could have guessed that imagination would be on the list, but the other three, I was not expecting. Vladimir really opened my mind and taught me many new things that I will remember for a long time.