“Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I’d say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it.” ~ William Zinsser
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Writer’s Wisdom ~ Stephen King on the Relationship Between Writing and Reading
“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ~ Stephen King
Writer’s Wisdom ~ Importance of Reading
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do. ~ Jennifer Egan on Reading & Writing
Something to Think About
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. ~ Rene Descartes
What book has had a great influence on you?
For me, one book that has greatly influenced me was Victor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Another book is Ray Bradbury’s “Zen of Writing.”
