Write but don't read
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- hatefacecore
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Write but don't read
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The only time I read now really is just before bed. I sneak in a few pages on nights when I don't fall asleep the moment my head hits the pillow.
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Yeah, I agree, as bad as I am at it. Stephan King said something similar, I think. Something along the lines of he who does not have the time to read lacks both the tools and the time to write. I try to do an off/on approach. Write a book, read a couple books, write a book, read a couple books.Fran wrote:I recently heard this very suggestion being put to an award winning author & I thought her response was interesting ..... she said that in her opinion a writer who does not read is like a gardener who doesn't use mulch.
- Maud Fitch
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It has been said that if you read someone else's work, you soon realise the uniqueness of your own work. And I like to think that's why most great authors know an awful lot about other authors books - a finger on the literary pulse.
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I also don't read much in order to avoid accidentally copying an idea too closely.
- moderntimes
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I admit to never hearing of someone who doesn't at least read within the genre.
But if you can, go for it. Understand that I don't read the "competition" for tips -- I read for the pleasure of it alone. Perhaps you just don't gain pleasure from reading? If so, don't think you need to therefore read as an assignment.
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