Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.
All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that's why you become a writer.
Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer.
Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.
To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.
In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.
One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.
I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.
The one thing that makes writing a better pastime than reading is that you can make things turn out the way you want in the end!
Writing only leads to more writing.
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