You can say I’m the bookworm kind of girl. I read a lot, or at least I used to – does anyone remember my lame attempt to come back to my reading habbits last summer? Although it could have been better, I’m quite happy with the books I read, for I found them very very interesting and different from my usual reads; I suppose that’s all that matters. I read those books lots of folks claim to be wonderful and found them aweful, and read others many claim to be hideous and found them great. There were only a few I didn’t finish, and I can say I do remember most of those I read, finished or not. Actually, I think I remember all of them, as far as my engineering-corrupted mind can think (yeah, studying engineering will do that to your brains; or maybe all college courses do, but since I only studied this one, it’s the only one I can be sure about, sorry).
But I do understand that many others don’t share my reading tastes or my love for books. Maybe they read other things, like newspapers, or the back of shampoo bottles – I know I did – nothing against those. It’s an option, I guess. Or maybe more than an option, it’s a taste. It’s totally fine with me. I personally don’t like ridding bikes, some people don’t like books. Maybe they like bikes!
I’m more concerned, or rather, confused, with those who say they’ll write a book. My first reaction may be “oh, that’s great, good luck with that!”, but the second one will be “didn’t you say you didn’t like reading?”. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but so far I believe that, in order to be good at writting, you have to read. A lot. Writting skills are not a gift, they can be worked up like any other art form, but I find it always necessary to look at the peer’s works. Not only you can find some inspiration on them – I know how inspired I get after finishing a book! – but you can also learn not to make the same mistakes.
Maybe that’s why it’s so weird to me that these people actually think they’re good at it and they’re writting the next Nobel winner. And yet they can’t read a single narrative on their own free will. I’m not saying it’s impossible – I’m just saying I find it highly unlikely.
- If it’s your wish to write good literature, then read some.
- If you want to make quality comics, then read quality comics. Read a ton of different comics.
- I’d also add: in order to draw nicely, you should observe the word. A lot. And now observe better.
- And if you want to write a good blog… Well, read good blogs!
Fear not, I know the ideal of “good” is pretty subjective. So maybe you should read a lot of different stuff in the same medium in order to get in touch with work as much as possible and get different ideas and maybe take some refs here and there in order to develop your own style. This goes for drawing as much as it goes for writting, belive me.
Face it: you can’t bake an omolette with no eggs.
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