read directions below....... 250 word response(liberty university) writing assignment

What are your favorite works or genre to read, and why? Explain what “close reading” means to the creative writer and describe how close reading is related to your own writing and research. Finally, make the case to your classmates for how reading the literary works of others serves as research for your own original writing.

Your thread must be at least 250 words. Then, you must reply to at least two of your classmates’ threads by making meaningful observations and asking follow-up questions which are open-ended and designed to produce conversation, rather than just a “yes” or “no” response. Each of your replies must be at least 100 words.