Well, I've talked before about my "read-only fandoms", so in sum, yep. Some fandoms I read in, some fandoms I read and write in. I don't think there are any that I only write in? (But there are one or two where I've written without having done all the canon!)
My reading varies a lot, really; some days I want plot, some days I want character studies. I tend to write the latter, because I can't write the former (though sometimes I'd like to!) I'm a bit opposite of you, though; I tend to prefer writing characters I like, because that's an awful lot of time to spend with someone whom I'm not sure about! :D Though there's one fic that's the exception to that, and I'm still not sure how it happened; it was definitely a "figuring out what makes X tick" feeling.
Maybe because I'm a fast reader, and even if I end up not bonding with the character at the end of a fic I haven't wasted nearly as much time as if I were writing them - when I write, I carry those characters around in my head for weeks, niggling at scenes and replaying them, whereas I can read 10K of fanfic in two hours or so.
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Date: 2014-12-21 02:14 am (UTC)Well, I've talked before about my "read-only fandoms", so in sum, yep. Some fandoms I read in, some fandoms I read and write in. I don't think there are any that I only write in? (But there are one or two where I've written without having done all the canon!)
My reading varies a lot, really; some days I want plot, some days I want character studies. I tend to write the latter, because I can't write the former (though sometimes I'd like to!) I'm a bit opposite of you, though; I tend to prefer writing characters I like, because that's an awful lot of time to spend with someone whom I'm not sure about! :D Though there's one fic that's the exception to that, and I'm still not sure how it happened; it was definitely a "figuring out what makes X tick" feeling.
Maybe because I'm a fast reader, and even if I end up not bonding with the character at the end of a fic I haven't wasted nearly as much time as if I were writing them - when I write, I carry those characters around in my head for weeks, niggling at scenes and replaying them, whereas I can read 10K of fanfic in two hours or so.