249: From Fanfiction to Just Fiction

[Anah'ya]

What a motivating article... Just what I needed for an excuse to continue my excursion into Fan Fictions. They've not only helped me get a grasp of the writing basics, but provided me with a playground that enabled me to create my own original setting and characters.

I'd tip my hat to you, though since I don't currently wear one I'll just have to leave it at that.

 

[LadyPhera]

I've seen this article come up every now and then, but haven't actually read it until now. I'm glad I did. I could say how I've also done many of these things, mary sues, bad fanfictions, terrible crossovers. They aren't my favorite things to look back on, and even the last fanfic I did as a gift makes me laugh because of how terrible it is. The funnier thing is that people liked it! Nowadays I focus on original works, but I haven't gotten to rewriting my rough drafts yet. Thank you for sharing your own journey. I think I will be resuming my own soon.

 

[Yosato]

Finally, someone else made a case for this besides me. I'm going to bookmark this article and show it to my friend the next time he goes on about how I should 'be writing better things with my time' and how 'everyone knows fanfiction is for retards'.

 

[Dillonxh]

I started creatively writing when I came up with my own fan-fiction for "The Bartimaeus Trilogy". I created several fanfics based on stuff like anime's and books, and from that I managed to develop some of the most important characters in my book!