Some children wish to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories of books which many persons will read. I would like to remind them that they will need to be good readers and to read a great deal in order to be a good writer.
Nearly all great writers were read to long before they started school, and have been reading for hours and hours every day since they became good readers. Instead of watching TV in the evenings they spend much of their spare time reading books.
If you are a good reader, it won't take you long to do the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you will have time to read other books for fun. Because you read so well, you keep looking for more books to read.
While making up your mind to become a good writer, you had better say to yourself, “I must read more and more if I am really to become a good writer.”
Why do some children want to be writers?
Which of the following statements is true?
What do great readers like doing in their spare time?