Do You Have to Read to Write?

Do you have to

read books to write books?

Ask yourself these5 questions

and you decide.

1

If you don’t read do you know enough about the

activity to write?

Reading immerses the writer in the world he or

she wants to enter.

A QUESTION OFFAMILIARITY

2

If you don’t read well-written and successful

works in your category of writing how will you know when you write something

really good?

Every new book should have something unique to offer the

world. But readers have certain expectations for a romance novel or business book or

devotional. You need to know your category.

A QUESTION OFSTYLE

3

If you don’t exercise the concentration that goes into

reading – how will you exercise the concentration

that goes into writing?

To draw on an analogy from sports, ask yourself this: how

many coaches in a given sport never played the game?

A QUESTION OFAPTITUDE

4

If you don’t read, how do you acquire the information

and insights to create a great concept?

Reading isn’t the only way to acquire knowledge, but it delivers more in less time

than any other educational format.

A QUESTION OFKNOWLEDGE

5

How do you improve as a writer if you are not

exposed to new voices in literature?

You’ll be the same tomorrow as you are today except for two things: The people you

meet and the books your read.

- Charlie “Tremendous” Jones

A QUESTION OFGROWTH

You decide.Do you have toread to write?

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