[ SECRET POST #4951 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4951 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

while you should definitely do you, I'll be a voice of caution. I know someone who did that and tried to market her books and turn into a genre author. the problem was, her fics were so tied to the canons despite being crossovers and AUs, that genuine reviewers always came out with some variation of being confused about the worldbuilding. when they were fics they relied on the reader's inherent knowledge of the characters, so if she failed to write any actual chemistry between the two male leads, readers filled it in with their own fandom understanding - something you can't do with OCs.

so give it a shot, but then run it by someone with zero knowledge of the original fandom, or run it by a friend who hasn't read the fic version and don't tell them it used to be a fic. get some real feedback. if they say you've got a good tale on your hands, then git that money.

[(Anonymous)]

^This is excellent advice, OP. I started writing original fiction before I ever wrote fanfiction, and though people who write predominantly fanfiction get really touchy about this...it's not the same. Sure, fanfiction can have solid world building and characterization, it often doesn't, because those things are already done for the author in the canon. Writers whose experience is mostly in fandom don't always get the same level of practice in the basics, and they tend to rely more heavily on tropes and shortcuts of prior knowledge of the setting and characters.

Since it's AU, hopefully the universe and world building are better than the average fanfic, but it's likely that the characters will need more work.

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely this. I read an indie scifi book recently where I got to the end and the author noted she'd been writing these characters into her fanfics since she was in 8th/9th grade. And it was like "Ahh, this is why your characters have no chemistry and we have this very contrived rivalry when they're old enough they should be doing their jobs and not trying to one up each other." There wasn't anything really shown well in the story character relationship wise, and the world building was almost ignored except "it's earth 2.0 with some aliens and alien hybrids that all look human."

If you can afford a dev editor without any knowledge of the canon, I recommend hiring one. They can help you be sure you're showing stuff instead of assuming or glossing over it.

Before I err... went from fanfic to original IP, I did my best to write a couple of longer stories like they were original works, assuming no one knew anything about the fandom, what the characters looked like, or the world. Number two thing I do, especially in original IP is never ever open with summarization. Jump right into the scene, use description, get to the stakes quickly.

People don't really care about summarization openings in fanfic as much. But they do in original IP.

Also, do query. If you query and get no bites, you can start looking into why? (outside of dead on arrival type stuff.) Querying will give you some really handy skills like blurb writing! Author tube on youtube has a lot of videos by agents/former agents about why they pass on queries!

Sorry if this seems like a lot of advice. I review indie SFF and you wouldn't believe some of the nonsense I've seen. I want you to succeed OP!