Hee! As you have already surmised, I do write for myself. Not in the "I write for me so I don't need feedback" way, because I, like everyone else, live for feedback. But I write so there's something for me to read that's just the way I want it. When I was working on a long story over the winter break, I kept thinking, I can't wait until I finish this so I can read it.

And I do get a lot of enjoyment and satisfaction from reading my work. (At least the later stuff -- some of the earlier stories make me cringe now.) I re-read things a lot, especially after I've just written them. It doesn't matter if I know the end. I re-read novels all the time, even mysteries.

As well, when you write a story, you're so much more intimately connected to it than if you just read it. You spend more time with it. Which is why it's comforting to write my own comfort fic. *g*