Good Readers and Good Writers- Organized

In "Good Readers and Good Writers", Vladimir Nabokov used the first part of the essay to talk about what makes a good reader. He then uses the second part of the essay to talk about what makes a good reader. He then uses the second part of his essay to describe writers and what it takes to be a good writer. The author uses about three pages to talk about readers, whereas he only has one page reserved on the subject of writers. This is probably telling us that this essay was intended to be viewed mainly by those people who enjoy reading but do not write books themselves. On the other hand, this ratio could tell us that what writers really need for a good story is a good idea. For reading, however, one should see the story through a certain perspective, not trying to guess what will happen all of the time, let it surprise you, have patience, passion, etc..(1-3). On each page, Vladimir Nabokov would have several paragraphs, each with their own topic on the theme of either good readers or good writers. All of these paragraphs are in block format. At the beginning of the description for a good writer, the author also uses the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" as an example (3).

Navokov, Vladimir. Good Readers and Good Writers. 1948. Web. July-Aug. 2011.