Do you tend to write for yourself? Do you ever think, 'Man, I want to see Harry defend Snape with some karate-inspired moves against a legion of the undead', and then sit down and write it?
I've often thought "I wish I could write, so I could finally read a story about blahblahblah". But I wonder if it actually works like that. Do you get the same satisfaction reading your own work than if someone else had thought of it and written it instead? Do you ever re-read your stories? If you know the end - because hey, you wrote it! - does it lessen the enjoyment?
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*
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I've often thought "I wish I could write, so I could finally read a story about blahblahblah". But I wonder if it actually works like that. Do you get the same satisfaction reading your own work than if someone else had thought of it and written it instead? Do you ever re-read your stories? If you know the end - because hey, you wrote it! - does it lessen the enjoyment?
I'm curious. =D
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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*