Why I love reading and writing?

I have been reading ever since I was 4. I always wanted to read. When I was 3 I would pretend to read books and write cursive. I was very enthused when my mother taught me how to read my first year of homeschooling. The book I learned how to read from was Sally, Dick, and Jane. I remember reading and rereading that book.  I would become so jubilant when I finished it  in only one day. As I grew older I began reading larger books. I read everything from biographies to the Boxcar Children.  My favorite childhood authors were Frances Hodges Burnett and Gertrude Chandler Warner. When I was younger I occasionally wrote short stories and poems.  I really fell in love with writing last year in 8^th grade when I wrote my first novella. Ever since then you could say I have been addicted to writing. I have so many beautiful ideas I want to share them with the world and isn’ t that basically what reading and writing are sharing stories. But why do I love reading and writing so much? What is so good about good book? How can reading and writing open your eyes? What messages or morals are authors trying to share? Let’s discover why I love reading. And why reading and writing is imperative                              

A book, it is paper, a binding, pictures, and words. What makes up a lovely enchanting read I think the four basic things for a rad read and wonderful writing are perspective, writing style, vocabulary, and storyline . There are several aspects to perspective. Perspective can be person like 1^st 2^nd 3^rd person, although 2^nd person is rarely utilized. There also the way the world is thought about through the author’s characters. You can learn a lot about an author by just reading their books. Authors are usually readers before they were authors. So usually there writing style is a unique combination of their favorite authors and their own unique spin. Some people have a more serious writing style. Others have an out of the box writing style. Still others have a hilarious sarcastic writing style.  Some even have a poetic writing style. The way an author uses his or her words can evoke emotions sadness, happiness, imagination, thoughtfulness and so much more. They do this through the storyline also. Many books have multiple storylines. They have a major storyline and minor storylines. These can include internal or external conflict. Internal conflict is a fight within for example The Scarlet Letter and Johnny Tremain.  External conflict is like a fight with a villain for example The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A villain does not have to be a person it can be a thing like poverty or war. All of these aspects make up lovely read. When I am writing these are things I begin think about before I start a project.  But as you write you will get sudden inspiration and no amount of prep can help get that. Some of my most beautiful writing has been spontaneous. Writing a book is much more than just putting words on paper. It is an art.

                Would you like to travel with me to a secret island? You can in a book. I can go anywhere in a book. Books are freeing. Writing is free. When write I become a totally different person. I am not me I am someone else. This also happens when I read. I have never left the country yet I have been around the world. I have been to the future to the past other countries. I have gotten to see ,feel,and experience things I never would have unless I read. Reading is exhilarating. While reading I have been fighting for my life in the Hunger Games. While reading I have been shot by the Taliban in Pakistan. While reading I have been flying in the air for years yet I was denied the right to pilots license. I have done so many things while reading. If you read, you will get amazing out of this world experiences. You will hear things that you would never hear otherwise. You will spot amazing structures that you would never see otherwise. The best part about Reading and Writing is I get to live thousand lives. I get to feel a million things. I get to laugh with the characters. I get to cry with the character. I get to run for my life with the characters. As a reader and writer, I know that when you write you are not in control of the characters. The characters are your friends and they may surprise you. So if you want to travel to that island open a book.

                Messages, we hear messages all around us. But some of the most important ones are in works of creative amazing literature. Stories like The Giver, Flygirl, I am Malala, To Kill a Mocking Bird, and The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass. They all have a messages to share. The messages are sometimes more abstract and you have to think about. They can also be simple and blunt. They can be clandestine and thoughtful. Out of the titles about I would say To Kill A Mocking Bird and The Giver have more clandestine and provocative messages. 

When you write you can share a message to. The words from a pen can inspire. One of my favorite sayings is the pen is mightier than the sword. This holds true. God’s own very word was written with the pen and yet it is mightier than any two edged-sword.  With our pens and paper we can change the world for God. We can share a message of God’s love that might not have been told if it weren’t for that story. Books have messages. Writing is to share a message. I think the writing and reading are one of the two most powerful things in the world. God knew this that why he put his words on paper because he knows one book his book can and did change the world. It gave the message of salvation.     

                What do you concure from all this? I hope I have relayed to you in enough detail that I am thoroughly in love with reading and writing. I think that books are powerful. Books have different facets that make them great books. Books are also wonderful because they can transport you through space and time. You can be a million people.   I also love books because of the messages you get from them. If you do not like to read maybe if you find a really good book that you love you will change your mind and realize that reading is really fun, and writing is also.  If everyone wrote a little more and read a little more I think that the world would become even more connected. So the next time you go to the Library or book store Get A book and READ. Because reading is a powerful thing.