Do あなた 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 お気に入り authors' works and meshing their 書く styles together to create my own. Not everyone works that way, though.

They don't HAVE to be. If 読書 helps あなた come up with techniques または ideas, then sure. But some get techniques and ideas from their own mind.

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

Yes. あなた 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 あなた 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 年 and a half または so that i actually began 読書 committedly i've read もっと見る 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 シャッター island in the last 3 months. That may not sound big to a lot of あなた but it was huge for me. Ordinarily something thick like Dracula would take me a 月 but it took me just a few weeks.
読書 does help at times and is great to help あなた look at other 書く styles. and can give あなた 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 または even heard of a writer that doesn't read anyway.