Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20150722033743/@comment-11464223-20150724033547

Hmcooper4 wrote: As for Henry liking, or not liking, writing. He's 12, maybe 13 years old. He's in school, for pete's sake (about the equivalent of 8th grade). He's going to be doing a lot of writing just for that. That he enjoys reading can only help his writing ability. Many authors spend time reading other author's works. (I know, because I am married to an author).

I'll agree that enjoyment of reading does not necessarily translate into enjoyment of writing. But enjoyment of writing does translate to enjoyment of reading, at least if you are going to be any good at it.

'''And Henry is probably going to be sorely tempted to use and abuse the Author's powers. After all, his MOM just became the Dark One.''' Fair point, hadn't thought about that. That will be interesting, if they explore it. Finally, Henry doing something interesting/not exactly stupid and complex.

I'm a writer, too - Don't get me wrong, I read a lot as well, but like... IDK, many, MANY readers are just that - readers, and not writers.