Title: Writers on the Relationship Between Reading and Writing
Headings: 3 Famous Writers on the Relationship Between Reading and Writing
3 Famous Writers on the Relationship Between Reading and Writing
Why to Read
What to Read
Who to Read
When & Where to Read
How to Read

Content: The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor. What to Read
Schopenhauer said “one can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.” While that may be true as a general rule, King talks about the role badly-written books played in teaching him to write. Asteroid Miners (which wasn’t the title, but that’s close enough) was an important book in my life as a reader. Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer than to realize his/her work is unquestionably better than that of someone who actually got paid for his/her stuff?