Why you have to read like mad

Illustration by Izak Zenou

You don't have to anything, of course. But man, if you're not reading, you're missing out. I can't tell you how many epiphanies I had about writing upon reading something bloody spectacular. The latest of them, Faulkner.

I didn't know you could write like this.

Read this phrase again.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD WRITE LIKE THIS.

You see what's happening here? The more great shit you read, the more ways of writing you'll see. Now, why is it important? It's important b...