One Writer's Beginnings

I am starting to like this book. The way this book is written makes it easy to read, understand, and grasp what Eudora is trying to convey.
Like I said before, Eudora writes in a chronological way. Her book is divided into three sections- Listening, Learning to See, and Finding a Voice.Each section gives different experiences in her life that not only relates to the section, but also relates back to her choice of being a fiction writer.
Right now I am in the Listening section. She starts out by talking about how she grew up and where. She also begins by stating that for all her life she has been listening. Eudora also states that chronology has been in her for as long as she can remember and she learned it without even realizing it.
One thing that really stuck out to me was Eudora stating, "to read as listeners...to write as listeners". As I read this part of the book, it clicked and I realized that this statement was very true.
Eudora leads up to this statement by talking about reading and hearing the voice of the story or poem. She also says that when she writes, she hears the same voice and however the voice reads to her, she makes changes and trusts that voice.
I had to read this section over and over, because at first I wasn't really thinking about it. Then when i read it over, I realized that the statement pertains to my life also. When I read it's like a voice reading to me and it helps me to feel and understand the story more. As I write, I am also reading and listening to the voice in my head and write down exactly what I hear.
I believe Eudora wrote this statement to make people realize that everyone does it and probably does not realize that they are. She states something that not only she experiences, but everyone else that reads and writes experiences. This helps her to draw her audience closer to her and get them to be more interested and trusting in what she says.
Eudora has a lot of these broad statements invested in her book. Some requires more thinking than others, but all of them help to make this book a greater read.