I think possibly the difference is that a story is only inside your head as you imagine and visualize it. And then you describe it. The words you write (or tell) are not your thoughts, they are your description of your thoughts. The story is still inside your head, and what you describe may not match the story that you put into another person's head-- it's still your story in a unique way.
A picture is something you can look at, it is a physical representation of your thoughts. Whoever looks at the picture sees the same thing you do, so it's shared in a different way than a story.
IMHO, anyhow.
I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I think it's a factor.
A picture is something you can look at, it is a physical representation of your thoughts. Whoever looks at the picture sees the same thing you do, so it's shared in a different way than a story.
But whoever looks at the story you wrote, reads the same words as well.
An image is as open to interpretation as a story, and just as no two people will read the same story, no two people will see the same image.
I create/write for several reasons... to tell a story that would never exist unless I let it pour out of me, the fun of adding new dimensions to the Professor's amazing Tale, and the give-and-take between author and reviewers. Knowing that somewhere out there folks in different parts of the world are reading and enjoying something *I* wrote... wow, I'm still amazed by it and so very grateful.
I've always made up stories in my head, but I didn't start writing them down until I got into fandom about 8 years ago. The urge to write them down came in small part from the fact that I was now involved in a community of writers and I wanted to be a part of that as more than a reader and commenter. The larger part came from this newly awakened place in myself that I had never realized was there, and it was telling me 'write!' It was weird and wonderful and difficult and rewarding, and it still is.
When I was much younger, I did want to be a writer of fiction, but that faded as I realized the stories I tried to write did not satisfy me. It was not until I discovered fanfiction that I truly realized what I really wanted more than anything was to have more of Middle-earth, specifically the Shire and Hobbits. And that I wanted to share that with other people who wanted the same.
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So agree with this. I think writing has so much more depth, and it forces us to reach deep down into a near dream-like state. That's awfully powerful.
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A picture is something you can look at, it is a physical representation of your thoughts. Whoever looks at the picture sees the same thing you do, so it's shared in a different way than a story.
IMHO, anyhow.
I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I think it's a factor.
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But whoever looks at the story you wrote, reads the same words as well.
An image is as open to interpretation as a story, and just as no two people will read the same story, no two people will see the same image.
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I create/write for several reasons... to tell a story that would never exist unless I let it pour out of me, the fun of adding new dimensions to the Professor's amazing Tale, and the give-and-take between author and reviewers. Knowing that somewhere out there folks in different parts of the world are reading and enjoying something *I* wrote... wow, I'm still amazed by it and so very grateful.
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I'm glad you liked it!
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When I was much younger, I did want to be a writer of fiction, but that faded as I realized the stories I tried to write did not satisfy me. It was not until I discovered fanfiction that I truly realized what I really wanted more than anything was to have more of Middle-earth, specifically the Shire and Hobbits. And that I wanted to share that with other people who wanted the same.
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