Late I Know...

So there seems to be a general consensus that the reading in WTL was painful so I won't say what has already been said. Smith, on the other hand, was refreshing. I too was struck by the quote on 193 that "reading is the essential source of knowledge about writing." I took an advanced college writing class my senior year at Hartwick and was surprised by the number of books that we were required to buy for the course. Here I thought it was a writing course. The first day Dr. Martini told us that in order to learn to write better we have to read more. It was a great class and I think I enjoyed the reading more then the writing. All the books had the same general theme (war) but took a different perspective, were written in different styles, and each author had a distinct voice. After taking this class I wondered why educators would bother to teaching reading and writing as separate subjects. They truly aren't. Nearly everything you write is meant to be read by an audience. No two subjects are more connected then reading and writing.