Writers: What would you rather do, Read or Write?

[graywarrior]

:shrug:

[Writer]

1. Write.

However, I don't think I read enough to accomplish this.

[soleft]

2. Watch

[Phillycat]

3. Oh, read, definitely.

I have a compulsion to write, but it's always difficult and stop/start. Reading is so easy and enjoyable.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Sleep!

Oh wait, that was not one of the options!

:P

[Danger Mouse]

5. I like writing better than reading, but I enjoy both

and don't do both nearly enough :cry:

[Der Blaue Engel]

6. Write

Which is why I'm spending all these hours reading Lounge posts.

:eyes: <----rolling at myself

I seem to be having some major avoidance issues lately.

[ThomCat]

7. Write.

But to be a good writer you have to be a good reader too. :)

[mulsh]

8. 'It is better to have written than to write."

I believe Dorothy Parker said that, it's one of my favorites sayings. I'd rather write. When I'm finished for the day I read.

[Deja Q]

9. Write. Though I rather like reading too.

[Dora]

10. I would love to do either.

Unfortunately, I do neither.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear graywarrior!

I would rather write!

I love the act of creation, myself...

Reading is a lot more passive...

Well, it can be, anyhow...

Of course, it depends on what you're reading!

Maybe that's why I have so damned many posts!:think:

:crazy:

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

12. Different animals: I want to read, but I have to write. n/t

[Mike03]

13. Write during the day and read at night

I always feel like reading is the fuel for the writing; it keeps me inspired. Although I haven't written much in some time, all my creative bursts coincided with a new release from one of my favorite authors. Reading is my reward for writing, and it reminds me why I bother to write.

[Aristus]

14. I used to want to be a writer. But writing interfered with my reading.

So now I'm just a reader. B-)

[Mike03]

17. Nutty as it sounds, I sorta know what you mean.

The moment I began to write about cinema, it ruined my ability to watch the movies I was writing about. It's almost a spiritual relationship between human and art.

[Mike03]

18. P.S.

Not to put words in your mouth--I was just guessing at your meaning. But the moment I saw it, I felt that I knew what you are saying.

[DarkTirade]

15. Yes.

However, as creative a person as I am, and as good as I am at crafting things with words... I SUCK as a storyteller. :) So I haven't written anything in a while.

Actually, most of what I've learned in the last few years about storytelling has been from me stepping away from the books and watching TV for a change. It's given me a slightly different perspective on how to create drama and interesting storylines. I think I've learned more about storytelling from Joss Whedon than I have from all the books I've read in the last few years.

[Capn Sunshine]

16. Drink

bourbon, preferably.