Possible Clues:

• Ability to read and write
• The ability to read and write
• Ability to read story filled with smut, ultimately somewhat indecorous
• Goal in grade school
• Ability to use language proficiently
• I lay cert (anag.)
• Time to get stuck into romance like a Jackie Collins novel - a basic skill you'll need
• Writer's skill kindled ecstasy, full of vigour
• Cater, possibly, for student in flower culture
• Ability to read what's written on low-cal foods with lots of salt