What makes a good reader/writer?

           

As a sophomore is high school, I’ve read a plethora of books. Some of these have been great, some not so great. Other times, I was the problem. In the greatest books that I’ve read, I’ve found that I liked other books by the same author, which shows that its not just the book, but it’s the way the author writes. To me, a good author is one who gets into the characters as they write about them. In I Am The Messenger, I felt like 19-year-old Ed Kennedy was a real person; he acted exactly like a 19-year-old would act, complete with swearing and teenage thoughts. The authors who fail to animate their characters is an author that fails to capture me, as the reader.

            In addition to a good writer, there is the good reader. Besides the obvious points of being literate, and being able to read the text well, I define a good reader as someone who enjoys, well, reading. So, what qualifies a reader or writer as good? In my opinion, it requires the author/reader to enjoy what they do. Without a passionate writer a book feels dry, and without a passionate reader, a book seems useless.