In these two readings, the authors help us understand the way the author thinks in their writing and shows us strategies to read these readings. They also help us interpret these strategies into our writings. In the reading, “How to Read Like a Writer ” by Mike Bunn, one tip we learn is to look at the writer’s techniques and question why the writer chose that specific route. Why did this author begin with a quote from this celebrity? Does it have significance later on in the reading? Analyzing questions we have help improve our way of thinking when it comes to our writings. Were influenced to change or improve the way we write and better understand the “behind the scenes” of each sentence/paragraph/essay. In the reading, “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources” by Karen Rosenberg, a tip she states before reading any piece is that we should judge a book by its cover to some extent figuring out the primary audience the writing is for. By doing so we can figure out if the reading is or isn’t designated for us and understand why that is. As she states we should study the architecture of the article looking at key components, this is another tip she gives us. The key components are the title, the abstract (not all writings have one), the introduction, section headings, and the conclusion. These tips can help me improve my thought process on my writings in this course. Karen Rosenberg writes about reading academic texts as entering a conversation with the writer and for me, this means as we read we can create conversations thinking about the writer, making them the larger picture in trying to understand the reading. We can have a conversation within a text by questioning the steps the author takes in creating the reading piece helping us develop a relationship with the text and author. Mike Bunn shows us different ways we can learn about the context of a text before reading it. These are considering the contextual factors, determining the author’s purpose, and the intended audience the writing piece is for. Mike Bunns Voice in the reading felt more formal than Karen Rosenberg although reading Rosenberg’s text I felt like she was having a real conversation with me. I understood and related to some of the points she made at the beginning of her writing piece.