Reading and writing.
Oct. 9th, 2007 09:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxmonkeySo...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.
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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Date: 2007-10-10 03:52 am (UTC)I agree. If it looks promising, I'll give it a spin. I accidentally read a Timbertrick this morning from last year's DWNOGA. Eeek! I don't read Timbertrick, so I almost stopped reading, but I was about three-quarters finished and I'd enjoyed it up to that point. I finished reading with my hands over my eyes, while peeking through my fingers. ;-)