CONSERVATIVE WRITERS

Tonight while researching about Virginia Woolf, I discovered that she was a friend of Ezra Pound. Pound was conservative who had some fascist views. I decided to look up conservative writers. The list is quite interesting. Here is a partial list.

Jack Kerouac                                                                 
William Faulkner
Marianne Moore
Kinsley Amis
Martin Amis
Ted Hughes
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Jorge Luis Borges
Agatha Christie
Tom Clancy
Noel Coward
Dean Koontz
Ayn Rand
Gertrude Stein
Wallace Stevens
Hunter S. Thompson
W B Yeats
Fyodor Doestoevsky

I have read a number of these writers and enjoy their work. Though I don't share some of their views, they are great writers nevertheless. I believe that I can learn from anyone, regardless of their political beliefs.

Writers Are Readers

I was a tutor for five years back in the early 2000s. I helped adults with reading and writing in preparation for taking the GED test. I discovered that those folks would didn't read much struggled with writing. The reverse is also true.

I have read bios of numerous authors and one common thread was that they read almost constantly. I read that the late lead singer of the 60s rock group The Doors, Jim Morrison was a voracious reader. I was blessed with parents who were readers. Today, I am a voracious reader who reads at least one book a month. I once read four in a month. 

It is important to read and read and read. As a writer you want stimulate your mind by seeing what others have written. I find it helpful to read another genre that you normally wouldn't read. That's how I started writing poetry over four years ago. Same thing with horror stories. I need to be challenged. My vocabulary has improved also.

My advice is to read! Read! Read! and read some more.