Giga r-slur asks if she can be a good writer despite complete inability to concentrate and only """""reading""""" audiobooks

Let's start with an unformatted wall of text. I'm sure this bodes well for her abilities.

I see people ask a lot on here if they need to be readers to write well, and the answer seems pretty unanimously yes. I’ve not always been into books as they were always assigned as homework or forced on me like a chore. So it wasn’t until I was an adult that I started reading more. My problem however is that I have a very difficult time reading actual words on page. I can get through a lengthy article or essay no problem but really sitting down to read has always been a challenge for me. My attention span is poor, I have difficulty with time management so it’s difficult to plan times to read… and to top it off I’m farsighted so I get a headache even with my reading glasses. So to combat this I have turned to audiobooks. I have a lengthy commute and it’s perfect for me to listen while driving. My question is, does this count as the kind of “reading” one ought to do to become a good writer? Genuinely curious what everyone’s take is on this.

The top comments are unusually rational, but Redditors tiptoe so much around the slow-in-the-minds it's unreal. And of course a few fellow tards arrive with asspats and out themselves.

Yes. I actually almost exclusively listen to audio. I can never do one thing at a time and since getting an Audible account I've tripled my reading, or, 'media intake'.

A book is a book is a book. I honestly don’t see a difference between audiobooks, paper books or digital books. It’s still consuming the media in a way that makes sense for each person.

Of course nobody directly states the obvious: that someone with no interest in reading prose will never effectively compose it.

Bonus: OP plays the autism card

I definitely see what you’re saying and I’d be willing to concede I’m not getting as much nuance as a typical person reading words on page. Though as a neurodivergent person I can assure you my focus benefits from having another visually engaging task. In other words, I focus better on audio with a distraction than I ever could on paper without a distraction. Plus most people can’t even recall their daily commute unless something out of the ordinary happens, it’s almost meditative in that way.