[ SECRET POST #3247 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3247 ⌋

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[fscom]

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

Image: Clipart of an orange book.

Text: [written in the pages of the book] All of my fanfic ideas wind up being so complex (strange crossovers, long fic with lots of OC's, etc.) that they don't get a lot of hits...

...while also being just derivative enough that I can't try writing them as original fiction without the source material/inspiration being obvious.

[Written outside the book in large text] Why, brain? why?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, that's OK. I understand how you feel.

[kallanda_lee]

I have a similar problem, only it gets too complex for me to actually write it.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, if it's something you want to write but hold yourself back because of the whole "people might not like this" , I'd say just write the thing, and have tags when necessary.

Have fun with fanfiction. People can get over it if they don't like it.

Honestly that kind of thing adds variety, which is good.

SA

[(Anonymous)]

But if it's something that's too long and intimidating to write that's another thing. Sometimes we get big ideas that we don't have the energy for.

[ketita]

The struggle is real.

My suggestion would be, actually, if you want to try reworking some of the ideas as original - make note of them, and then wait until you're out of the fandom. I've had ideas that at the time, I thought they could never be divorced from the canon, but after I left the fandom and didn't have as much emotional energy tied up in the characters, I started seeing ways the story could be changed to disconnect it from its fanfic roots. In some cases, you may end up finding that it's sort of freeing, actually - I had one story that I think will actually end up being stronger once I'm no longer "forced" to conform to canon, but can let the idea be all it can be.

[(Anonymous)]

Reading this made me realize that some of my old ideas now actually might work with OC rather than my favorite characters from an old fandom...

Thank you.

[ketita]

:D glad it helped!
It took me a while to properly notice, since I needed to have a) enough fandoms for me to have moved on from, and b) be a decent enough writer that I had story ideas worth revisiting...

[(Anonymous)]

I write the things, but don't post them. That way they're out of my brain and onto virtual paper, but nobody else is likely to read them and go "what the fuck is wrong with you".

It's the best compromise I could think of between "WRITE ALL THE FANFIC" and "social anxiety and fear of being judged because the fanfic I write makes no goddamn sense from an outside perspective".

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

This sounds like me and my huge epic-length headcanons/plotbunnies. I've had a few over the years too. The one relief I've had is that with my current one I am using it as backstory in RP, because my RP partner is happy to do so (she's the one who introduced me to the Other Fandom too, so I know she's a fan).

Even if you don't write a fanfic for it, go find a quiet corner and write out a long, detailed summary for it and store it online. I do that and keep the summary on my quiet little muse comm. Sometimes I write up and post smaller pieces on my Deviant Art journal. It helps me to put ideas to rest if I at least do that.