"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." –Dr. Seuss
To write, first learn how, the best way is by observing those who have done it before. Reading is just as important to writing, as listening is just as important to composing music. By studying writers, you will be able to improve your own writing.
Writing is can help further our knowledge and understanding. It is also:
"From the time we were children, we trained ourselves into learning words and making sense of the information we naturally collect. Our eyes and ears receive and process millions of bits of information every day, from the colour of shirt someone wears to the sound of our alarm clocks in the morning. The information we see and hear gets processed and, if we think it's useful, stored in our memories."
Our brain, well reading always notices more than just the meaning of words but also recognises sentence structure, words patterns, rhythms, and punctuation. The more we read, the more we train our brain, thus this will show in our writing as our brain will know how things should look.
Read Like a Writer
If you want to become a better rugby player, for example, do you buy a textbook on how to play? Yes this might help you a little, but most of your learning will actually come from observing rugby players and then trying to do what you have observed. Is writing the same? Yes, when we read like a writer, observing the form and presentation of the reading, we train this.
Often we think of the reader, but if we think like the writer, noticing the technique and methods of presentation, as we learn to read and think like a writer, each time we read our reading will become like lesson in how to write more effectively.
Just on a little side note for self improvement. I will be doing 2 push-ups for every 1$ earned on my posts and will give a short feedback every day at the end of each post.
