: Re: How do I become a better writer when I hate reading? I like telling stories, but I don't care so much for reading them. It's not for me. But the number one advice to become a better author

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To be a great writer, you have to read a lot, unless you are that exceptionally rare savant that has an intrinsic understanding of how things you write are perceived by people who read your work.

Personally, reading is hard for me, for similar reasons previously stated. But, one of the ways I’ve learned the most of the craft is by critiquing other writers work. It compels me to be able to articulate the weakness in other peoples writing and I learn to better recognized the poorness of my own. The more I read, the more I understand about how to write to engage, entertain, and challenge my audience. And, to give you a reference to my current writing level, I am constantly deconstructing everything I read. Making it a real challenge to just enjoy something.

But, if you want to an OK writer, then don’t read so much. The further you go from wanting to be Great the less you should read.

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