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]

And, when I'm writing, I don't like to sully with my inner dreamspace with other folk's thoughts and imagery. I'm more likely to read fic outside of my own fandom than inside for these reasons.

And that makes sense (I don't read Fuu-centric het, either). If the comment had been presented that way, I'd be sitting here thinking, "Okay, that makes sense." ;-)

If I'm reading something that seems to be drifting in a direction I'd planned for my own writing, I'll absolutely avoid it until I'm finished with whatever I'm working on myself, for the same reasons.