Readingistothemindwhatexerciseistothebody.-RichardSteele.读书之于心灵，犹如运动之于身体。如果是为学业、工作就更是得不断提高自己的听说读写译能力。今天小编再给大家分享一些由英美名家提出的通过阅读来提高写作能力的技巧:

Read,Observe,andPractice

Foramantowritewell,therearerequiredthreenecessaries:toreadthebestauthors,observethebestspeakers,andmuchexerciseofhisownstyle.(BenJohnson）

Imitate,ThenDestroy

Writingisadifficulttradewhichmustbelearnedslowlybyreadinggreatauthors;bytryingattheoutsettoimitatethem;bydaringthentobeoriginalandbydestroyingone’sfirstproductions.(AndréMaurois)

ReadCritically

WhenIwasteachingwriting—andIstillsayit—ITaughtthatthebestwaytolearntowriteisbyreading.Readingcritically,noticingparagraphsthatgetthejobdone,howyourfavoritewritersuseverbs,alltheusefultechniques.Ascenecatchesyou?Gobackandstudyit.Findouthowitworks.(TonyHillerman)

BeaVoracious,LovingReader

Whenyoustartreadinginacertainway,that'salreadythebeginningofyourwriting.You'relearningwhatyouadmireandyouarelearningtoloveotherwriters,theloveofotherwritersisanimportantfirststep.Tobevoracious,lovingreader.(TessGallagher)

TapIntotheWorldConsciousness

Toomanywritersaretryingtowritewithtooshallowaneducation.Whethertheygotocollegeornotisimmaterial.Ihavemetmanyself-educatedpeoplewhoaremuchbetterthanIam.Thepointisthatthewriterneedsasenseofthehistoryofliteraturetobesuccessfulasawriter,andyouneedtoreadsomeDickens,someDostoevsky,someMelville,andothergreatclassics—becauseyouarepartofourworldconsciousness,andthegoodwriterstapintotheworldconsciousnesswhentheywrite.(Jameskisner)

ReadaLot,WriteaLot

Therealimportanceofreadingisthatitcreatesaneaseandintimacywiththeprocessofwriting;onecomestothecountryofthewriterwithone'spapersandidentificationprettymuchinorder.

Constantreadingwillpullyouintoaplace(amind-set,ifyoulikethephrase)whereyoucanwriteeagerlyandwithoutself-consciousness,italsooffersyouaconstantlygrowingknowledgeofwhathasbeendoneandwhathasn’t,whatistriteandwhatisfresh,whatworksandwhatjustliestheredying(ordead)onthepage.Themoreyouread,thelessaptyouaretomakeafoolofyourselfwithyourpenorwordprocessor.(StephenKing)