TWO Secrets to Writing Success

I could try to drag the suspense out, but I won’t.



 1. READ



 2. WRITE



 Order counts.



READ



 I’ve kept a list of every book I’ve read since I started high school. The list numbers 2,149 and does not count rereads of favorite books. Nor does it reflect other reading including short stories, essays, magazines, text books, professional journals and whatnot. That averages roughly 44 books a year. The standard deviation is high. The years range from a low of 6 (1986, a year...