Reading and writing.

[foxmonkey]

So...if you write fic, do you read it as well?

I'm asking because I read a comment in a community where the poster (a writer) said that she rarely reads other people's fic unless it's recommended. This just boggles the hell out of me. I get the theory (bad!fic abounds!) but...well, I just can't wrap my brain around it.

Maybe I'm just a Philistine who'll read anything that's put in her path. ;-) Well, not everything, I do have standards, but, yeah. I don't need a rec to read. Hmmm. Just wondering if this is more common than not.

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[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

But in general, I read nearly everything I can get my hands on, whether or not I am writing.

Yes, I'm the same way! I've had a couple of jobs where I read so much during the day that my brain just couldn't handle any more once I got home. I think that lasted about a year; it was my longest non-reading spell ever, and I worried at the time that I'd never recover my overwhelming love of reading. Hahahaha! Silly me.

I've been reading since I was about three (like a lot of my friends list, I expect!), so the notion of limiting oneself just made my brain seize up for a second. ;-)