The first two ways of reading and writing should be obvious by now. We read and write for information. We read and write for story. Language points us there. Language puts us there.
Journalists often write articles that have story elements and vice versa.
Moreover, we have some tricks of the trade that help us do this. So Chip Scanlan , now director of Poynter's writing program, tells us that the grieving mother of a girl missing for years leaves the front porch light on for her, and places a piece of tape over the lightswitch so it cannot be accidently turned off. The story tells us about eternal grief, but the anecdote shows us. Don Fry, my fellow writing coach, suggests a story structure in which anecdotes can be used as gold coins. Imagine yourself walking along a path through the forest when you come upon a gold coin.