What is the connection, for you, between reading and writing? Describe your first memories of reading and writing? Do you prefer to write with paper/pen/pencil or on the computer? When you do write, what are your favorite topics? What purpose does writing serve in your life? What kinds of writing have your practiced? What do you feel about these genres? (creative writing, stories, poetry, journalism, letters, essays, reports, research projects, graphic portrays like comics, etc.)