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Originally Posted by Karellen
I was once told by an old "friend" many, many years ago, 'That if you can do it better, write your own books.'
Never understood her response, nor was she the, or an, author to be so critical, but it made me feel as if there was something wrong, so I never mentioned it again until now.
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Ouch, your "friend" sounds like a killjoy
What's wrong with doing things for the fun of it?
I enjoy telling stories to myself, sometimes about people from my own imagination, other times about people from books or films. Usually I make dialogue -- what would have happened if character x had told the truth in that situation? Or if character z and y had spoken with each other before the big thing happened? (Often, that would result in a more boring story, but I'm not (re)writing a book, I'm having fun playing with stories
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And I've neither ambition nor ability to become a professional singer, but that's not stopping me from singing in the shower