[ SECRET POST #3280 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3280 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Advice to stop writing fic

[ariakas]

One of the hardest parts about writing original fiction is finding an audience - with fanfic, the audience is right there already and presumably already interested in what you have to say.

I think that's why a lot of fledgling writers go niche. If you have a niche genre (or better, sub-genre) that really appeals to you, you'll have an audience that'll be thirsty for any works in that niche and much more willing to give something by someone they've never heard of a try than if you wrote generic literary fiction without an established name.

That's all the advice I can really give. I started with original fic and didn't start with fanfic until I was an adult; the transition back to original fic wasn't that difficult.

It's definitely a different skillset, though. There's a lot more worldbuilding and plotting required, unless you're the type of person who wrote novel-length AU fanfics riddled with OCs. You can't just write a one-off whump with the assumption that all of your readers are already invested. OTOH worldbuilding and plotting can be a hell of a lot of fun.

Re: Advice to stop writing fic

[(Anonymous)]

>>You can't just write a one-off whump with the assumption that all of your readers are already invested.

True, to an extent. But you can get the reader invested and whump the hell out of your characters. Maybe not so much in non-speculative fiction, but there are a ton of short SF/F/H markets that pay pretty well, if you can get in them.

Which, you never know until you try, and you might as well try because you have absolutely nothing to lose by doing so. Not even postage, anymore. Literally everyone takes e-subs.