[helboi4]

As a fellow lover of fiction, I agree that there is nothing offensive or unimaginative about viewing writing as a way to deeply understand and consolidate your knowledge about technical material. I think writing of any kind is about processing information. In the case of fiction or poetry, this may be more about processing your emotions, or a profound life experience, or a cultural heritage, or a set of hypotheticals. Great literature, that stands the test of time better than more pulpy stuff, often tackles something the author and many others need to intellectually process, therefore leaving you with that feeling of revelation you may get after reading a good book.