I Don't Read

I really don't read. Ever. I don't even really, really, REALLY read the stupid emails I get at work. If they come from my boss, sure, I'll read it. Or if they come from someone I manage, I'll read it. But for the most part, if it's something I have to read and focus on, I'm not going to do it.

I write. Therefore, I don't read. Well, that seems lame. And I'll admit - it is lame. To be a great writer, I should probably read great writers, right? I refuse. I can watch TV or text a friend, play scrabble with a friend, cook some food, bake a cake, yell at a friend, or take a nap in the time it would take me to find the book that fit the mood that I was in. That said, reading is a waste of time.

There was a time, I'll admit, where I was basically addicted to reading. I read almost every book I could get my hands on. My favorites for a while were The Left Behind Series. I was completely and utterly addicted. When I ran out of the kid's series, I read the adult series. I would read two or three of the 500-page books in one week. Then I ran out of books altogether. I read Mark Twain and my personal favorite was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I read Christy by Catherine Marshall several times and read the entire Anne of Green Gables Series in about a month.

But that was a long time ago.

Now -

I just don't read.

My parents used to make me read (that's probably part of why I don't read now). I read some of the worst crap I've ever read. For example - Brothers Karamozov (I used to call it Brothers Krapamozov as it seemed more appropriate). Worst piece of "literature" ever known to man. I attempted to get through it. It was decided that I only needed to read the first chapter, the middle chapter and the last chapter was enough.

I guess that's probably why my biggest weakness as a writer is writing. I'm not a good writer. I suck at writing dialogue. Don't even really care to attempt writing good dialogue.

I probably will never be a good writer.

Because I don't read.

Eh. Bummer.