i do think “fic writers only write for themselves” is a little reductive and can make readers feel no obligation to interact. like yes, it’s for me in the sense that i pick the stories i want to tell but in most cases it IS with the intention of having people to tell the story to
If one more person tells me to write for myself I’m gonna crash out. And by crash out I mean I’m gonna write a whole ass essay about why that’s fake af and make every person who says that read the whole thing.