I'm really curious - are you able to read other works WHILE you are writing your own? Or do you have to concentrate on just yours without the influence or distraction of other books?
I'm really curious - are you able to read other works WHILE you are writing your own? Or do you have to concentrate on just yours without the influence or distraction of other books?
Reading—the good and the bad—inspires you. It develops your palate for all the tricks that writers have invented over the years. You can learn from textbooks about the writing craft, but there’s no substitute for discovering for yourself how a writer pulls off a trick. Then that becomes part of your experience.