Carissa Ann Lynch I know what you’re thinking: I’ve heard this before. If you want to be a writer, you must first and foremost be a reader blah blah blah … Well, it’s true, actually. But I’d like to offer some deeper insight into my own writing process and how the role of reading plays a huge part in my success. I read, on average, 100 books per year. This year, with the pandemic, I’m way over that — clocking in at 143 books as I write this article. I read because I enjoy it.
