So, we're on to Part 2 of Creative Arts Today, a little wiser about how the process works and ready to make progress a bit faster.
Some reasons people read
- to learn
- to be entertained
- to understand
- to pass time
- to escape
- to be informed
- for work
- for instruction
- for worship or devotion
- for pleasure
- for community or shared experience
Some reasons people write
- for self-expression
- to remember
- to bear witness
- to guide
- to instruct
- for work
- to teach
- to entertain
- to inform
- to convince or form opinion
- to help others
- to find like-minded people or form community
- for enjoyment
- for the pleasure of words
- to explain or justify
- to leave a record
- for worship or devotion
It's quite clear that the two lists are very complementary. It suggests to me that the two groups need or seek each other and likely overlap: some readers are writers; and it's safe to say that probably all writers are readers.