It’s a way to study the technique of the genre and hopefully discover new ways to rework it in your own mind. I personally like to write chick lit, mystery, and essays or memoirs, so of course I read those genres. It’s incredibly important to be reading work related to the area you want to focus on, even if it includes five different genres of fiction. When you pick up a book you are simply taking a break from your own writing to study the work of other authors, hopefully authors whose work you admire.This may be because reading exercises our writing skills in some fairly subtle ways. Whether you write poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction, the one thing we all have in common is a love of reading but for some reason we forget that reading is just as important to the writing process as the actual writing. You absolutely should push through, but you should also take a moment to consider the benefits of setting your pen down and picking up a book instead. You might think it’s a case of writer’s block you have to push through, and you’re right. We’ve all been there: sitting with a notebook in hand, ready to write the next big piece, but nothing comes.
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