Reading Books You Don’t Like Can Make You a Better Writer

Understanding why something isn’t working is valuable

Viggy Hampton, MPH
The Writing Cooperative
4 min readJul 6, 2021

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Recently, I found myself trudging through a book I really didn’t enjoy. Normally, I wouldn’t hesitate to put it down, take it off my Goodreads TBR list, and move on to the next book. Unfortunately, this particular piece was a book club pick, so I felt bound to finish it.

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