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thefirststepwhenyouwritefromwhatyoureadistobesureyouunderstandwhatyouhaveread。toensureyourunderstanding，youshouldbeanactivereader。thismeansthatyoushouldreadmorethanoncewithadifferentpurposeeachtime，youshouldaskquestionsbefore，during，andafteryouread，andyoushould毛tesasyouread。
onceyouhavereadactively，youwillbepreparedtowriteinanumberofdifferentways。youwillbeabletosummarizewhatyouhaveread。thatmeansyouareaccuratelyre-tellingtheauthor"smainideasinyourownwords。asummaryalsogivesthemajorsupportingdetailstheauthorhasusedtosupportthemainideas。onceagainthough，summariesarewritteninyourwordsnottheauthor"swords。
anothermethodofwritingaboutwhatyouhavereadistorespondtothereading。whenyourespondtoareading，youpickoutaparticularpointorideathattheauthorhasmadeandthenbrainstormtodevelopyourownideasbasedontheauthor"sthought。unlikesummarizing，youaregeneratingyourownideasbasedontheauthor"soriginalthought。
ratherthangeneratinganewidea，youmayalsochoosetorespondtoanideainthereading。youmayagreeordisagreewithapointtheauthorhasmade。inyourwriting，youwillexplainwhyyouagreeordisagreewiththatpoint。onceagain，youarecomingupwithyourownreasoningandyourownwordinginresponsetosomethingyouhaveread。
aparticulartypeofwritingyouwillberequiredtodoiswritinganswerstoessaytests。essaytestquestionsoftenaskyoutoreadmaterialandtheneithersummarizethematerialorrespondtoitinaparticularway。theonethingthatmakesessaytestwritingdifferentfromotherwritingsituationsisthetimelimit。inatestingsituationyouwillcarefullymonitoryouruseoftimeandyouwon"tputallofthepolishingtouchesinthatyouwouldifyouhadunlimitedtimetocompletethewriting。
thesearesomeofthewaysyoucantiethematerialthatyoureadtothematerialyouwrite。youwillfindthatifyoufollowtheadvicegiveninthischapterthatyouwillneverbeatalossforatopictowriteabout。