Reading to Write
I am desperately trying to hone my writing skills. I honestly think one of the best ways to do so is by reading. Being an English Rhetoric and Professional Writing major, I’ve read my share of great literature. Or at least I was supposed to, anyway. Now I’m finding it imperative that I read the as many of the “greatest books ever written” in order to become a better writer.
I’ve just started Gone with the Wind. Being a massive fan of the 1939 film, I first tried to read it when I was in about ninth grade, but I became overwhelmed with the sheer size of the thing, put it down and never picked it up again. Until now. Sometimes I feel that I am too much a product of a dumbed down society where we are limited to 140 characters in a Tweet. Is that why still, close to a decade on, I am struggling to get through all of the necessary character development with Margaret Mitchell’s tome? Perhaps. Anyway, please stick with me. I think I’m going to blog about this process of immersing myself in many of the greatest books of all time.
