2006-07-12 05:21:35 · 10 answers · asked by bicheeeened30 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Some people may be blessed by the muse with wonderful style that is all their own. Others need to read to help with fluency, ideas and learning more about the craft. I believe that this is true for most writers. If you look through interviews with most of the outstanding writers, most will say they love to read and feel that reading has helped them to become better writers.
2006-07-12 05:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by queenbee 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, ability and comprehension are different. For example, mastering how to write the letters or characters is different, than knowing what they mean or represent when put together. You could write beautiful calligraphy, but have no idea what it means. Reading is like practiced recognition of symbolic meanings. Writing is like a learned behavioral habit. You could write the letters C A T and still have no idea what its referring to. While someone who has had repetitive experiences with this groupings of symbols could recognize it as CAT as a specific associated idea or in this case an animal.
2006-07-12 18:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an invaluable asset. In addition to increasing vocabulary, reading increases the reader's awareness of idiomatic expressions, rhetorical patterns, and a variety of stylistic prose gestures that she couldn't get any other way. One could theoretically write well without much reading, but I would think the person doing so must be a prodigy to pick up prose rhythms, structures, and gestures from speech alone.
2006-07-12 12:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Atrocity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have to know how to drive in order to race cars? What do race car drivers know about their cars? Only almost everything. Get the idea?
2006-07-12 12:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it helps. You see how good writes write and you develop a better vocabulary and a sense of flow.
2006-07-12 12:23:50 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. I think you need to be sensitive to how your words sound. Sometimes it helps to read your writing aloud to make sure it flows properly. Also, be sure to check your spelling!
2006-07-12 14:45:38 · answer #6 · answered by katzchen75 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO I don't believe so. Wrting is a creative inner ability...no matter how much or how little you have read.
2006-07-12 12:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by Jo CB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-12 12:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by ♣ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely yes
2006-07-12 12:24:33 · answer #9 · answered by fwd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose they could just be very, articulate, opinionated, or funny.
2006-07-12 12:26:35 · answer #10 · answered by miss_nursie_nurse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋