Responding to Reading

#2 I think she means that when you write about yourself it is not only a physical process, but a mental one as well. The brain has to unlock the past and recent events of ones life and analyze certain situations that just may be difficult to write about. One might also go through things in their lifetime or have experienced things that they did not fully understand. A re-connection could possibly happen during the writing process. People often tend to reminisce before they begin the process of writing. It would be compared to doing research if you were to be writing about somebody else and their life.