“reading like a writer.”
The first time I really heard this phrase was in my creative writing class in high school (Which unfortunately was almost 10 years ago. I miss that class) after hearing it though, I always take a break, come back, and before returning to writing, will read my piece out loud. when painting I frequently step back to look at it as a whole rather than every component that makes up the art. I focus on what others see not each minute brush stroke that I put in. but in this case you look at a written work with the utmost interest in the minute details