the "how" of writing

Booth's main focus of his essay was completely surrendering yourself to the reading and trying to understand where the author is coming from. Instead of feeling confused and unsure of what you just read Booth says you should try and put yourself in the author's shoes and see their point of view. It is a fascinating idea and it makes a lot of sense because I know at least I sometimes don't even think of the author as a real person with personal feelings and ideas. But to completely understand a text it is essential to think of the author as a real person and try to get inside their head. After reading something that is confusing I find it helpful to think of the content from different viewpoints, trying to understand it in a different way. Booth talks about the how of reading but the how of writing is just as important a process. When writing it is important to think of how other people (your audience) are going to perceive your thoughts and ideas. When i write I can not just write my ideas and thoughts because they make sense to me I have to think how other people will understand them. Writing is a difficult thing because it is a personal experience; it is really hard to portray ideas for everybody to understand the same way that you understand things. The how of writing and reading are concepts that appear all the time in English and it is important to understand them and apply them.