Do bạn think that writers should be avid readers?

Not neccessarily, I think it depends on the person.

That's how I became a writer:
Studying my yêu thích authors' works and meshing their nghề viết văn styles together to create my own. Not everyone works that way, though.

They don't HAVE to be. If đọc helps bạn come up with techniques hoặc ideas, then sure. But some get techniques and ideas from their own mind.

It's a good idea, but bạn don't have to be. I am :})

Yes. bạn constantly gain ideas.

It depends on the person. But I think it helps learn new words and better grammer. It also inspires ideas if your careful not to steal. But no, they don't have to be.

I think it helps. I personally am an avid reader and I think it helps with my writing. But I don't think in order to be a writer bạn must be a reader.

In general it depends on the person but sometimes they are interchangeable. personally i was a bigger writer than reader for a long time in a matter fact it wasn't till the last năm and a half hoặc so that i actually began đọc committedly i've read thêm than ever believed possible for me i read Dracula, the invisible man, the legend of sleepy hollow, A series of unfortunate events the austere academy and màn trập island in the last 3 months. That may not sound big to a lot of bạn but it was huge for me. Ordinarily something thick like Dracula would take me a tháng but it took me just a few weeks.
đọc does help at times and is great to help bạn look at other nghề viết văn styles. and can give bạn inspiration as well i got an idea from the invisible man that i thought was a good idea

Yes, I think it's necessary. I haven't met hoặc even heard of a writer that doesn't read anyway.