of writing in the style of the book I’m reading. Like my writing alters with the way I perceive how the book is supposed to be read. For example, I am currently reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron, and the speaker is a boy, who has an extremely sarcastic and condescending tone. Now I’m writing my college apps, and I can feel tone coming through in my applications, which is not something I need…