Question of the Day, April 13, 2010
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I once wrote a play based on Terry Pratchett's "Color of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic".
Thankfully, I never actually posted it anywhere or showed to anyone beyond my closet circle of family and friends.
Even then, I'm still trying not to remember I had anything to do with it.
Thankfully, I never actually posted it anywhere or showed to anyone beyond my closet circle of family and friends.
Even then, I'm still trying not to remember I had anything to do with it.
Generally I avoid fanfic as it seems to have Full Life Consequences to me [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs]. 
I think the only thing I've really read and enjoyed was Shamus Youngs System Shock book called Free Radical [http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/].
I think the only thing I've really read and enjoyed was Shamus Youngs System Shock book called Free Radical [http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/].
I usually try and avoid it like the plague but as I read ebooks off my gba (and that thing only takes text files) I've accidentally tainted my mind with a couple. The funniest was an increasingly steamy version of Order of the Phoenix that was bundled together with authentic Harry Potter books.
fanfiction as a "genre" can go die in a hole as far as i'm concerned. i don't write it, what i have read i sincerely regret, and there needs to be a better outlet for creepy obsession than writing about characters having sex all the time.
5% - A few (very few) fanfics are good/better tahn the original material. These few gems that make it interesting.
15% - A bunch is so-so.
75%- The vast majority is bland, boring, plagued by mary sues and other bad/cliche/amateur stuff.
5%- Are absolute garbage that eat away at your sanity if you dare read them. YOu LOSE IQ just by reading those.
15% - A bunch is so-so.
75%- The vast majority is bland, boring, plagued by mary sues and other bad/cliche/amateur stuff.
5%- Are absolute garbage that eat away at your sanity if you dare read them. YOu LOSE IQ just by reading those.
I've read and written it. I've tried to make my stuff as good as I can muster but I don't fool myself into thinking that my stuff is any better than the tripe that so frequently falls under the title "fan fiction." All one can do is try, after all, and most fan fiction gets widely ignored anyway. I imagine there's some really good stuff out there, but I have yet to stumble across it.
Like others have said, there's some very good fanfics out there. It's just a matter of finding them. Checking reviews help a bit in that respect. I can't say I "read" fanfiction regularly, but once in a while when I'm bored I might try to look one up. As a Star Wars and KotOR fan, I liked to sift through kotorfanmedia.com, which unfortunately went down for no reason last month. There was some good stuff there that easily beat published Star Wars novels (not that this is such a big feat, but still).
What I generally like in fanfiction are people who write stories for their own new characters but in an existing setting. Kind of like what Baby Tea said: using existing characters is bad, using the setting and referring to existing pieces of work can be good. Ultimately, it all comes down to the setting for me. I want to read a given fanfiction because I enjoy the setting and want to read another story set in it.
As for writing fanfiction, I never posted anything myself; though I've scribbled down some short stories of my own a few times out of boredom. Since English isn't my mother tongue, I find that some practice never hurts.
What I generally like in fanfiction are people who write stories for their own new characters but in an existing setting. Kind of like what Baby Tea said: using existing characters is bad, using the setting and referring to existing pieces of work can be good. Ultimately, it all comes down to the setting for me. I want to read a given fanfiction because I enjoy the setting and want to read another story set in it.
As for writing fanfiction, I never posted anything myself; though I've scribbled down some short stories of my own a few times out of boredom. Since English isn't my mother tongue, I find that some practice never hurts.
Yes, well, I don't exactly read alot of them but I'm currently (I'm on break, don't expect it to come out soon either) writing a HL:2 fanfic. Please don't mock/judge me.
Also reading the crappy ones are funny too, it makes me think "No matter how bad I fail, I'll never fail as hard as these guys".
Also reading the crappy ones are funny too, it makes me think "No matter how bad I fail, I'll never fail as hard as these guys".
I sampled a bit of it back in High School, but now I avoid it at all costs. It just seems to me that most Fan Fiction writers have absolutely no real respect for whatever it is they claim to be fans of.
meh i had a decent(ish) stab at writing one myself....it wasnt very good tbh but i had fun writing it......
i am yet to find a good entertaining fan fic
i am yet to find a good entertaining fan fic
