[ SECRET POST #3042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3042 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

See, I would think it would be the opposite. I can't think of one fanfic convention that's an absolute must. There are certain trends and such but nothing I would think fandom as a whole demands.

However, when writing original fic, you have to be able to create your own characters and your own world. You have to be able to introduce these to the readers. You can't expect people to know what your characters look like and should be like (as you can in fanfic). I think if you have this down, it would be much easier to cross over to fanfic than the other way around.

[intrigueing]

No, I mean, if you start out writing in fanfic, it's not that much of a mental shift to become interested in writing original fic. But if your first writing is original and you get accustomed to writing original fic, it can be hard to rewire your brain to appreciate reading or writing fanfic instead. It has a whole different bent to it.

[(Anonymous)]

I think this might be a personal thing. I never had any such issue and I've never heard of anyone having an issue going original-to-fanfic. It's the other way around I always hear about. I don't think this is one area where you could make a sweeping statement about it either way as it would be highly personalized. I don't think there's anything inherent about original writing that would make it difficult to read or write fanfic.

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I didn't mean it as a sweeping statement? I meant I could see how something like this could explain why an original writer could have no interest in fanfic, like the OP, given the way fanfic is.

I've seen the other way around. For example, I once read a collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches written by famous (and very good) original writers. Without exception, every single one of them was well-written, but headbangingly, mind-bogglingly, did-you-even-ever-read-a-single-Sherlock-Holmes-story-in-your-entire life unpalatable if they were being judged by any standard that is considered important in fanfic: accurate characterization, awareness of the source material's appeal, immersion in the fictional universe, compliance with actual canonical facts, etc. And they failed on this on every level in a very original writer way: the writers obvious had original characters and ideas and plot points they wanted to write about instead of writing about Arthur Conan Doyle's characters and fictional universe. If their stories were not about Sherlock Holmes, they would have been very good stories indeed.