[ SECRET POST #7053 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7053 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Secret Author

[(Anonymous)]

Dialogue-heavy scenes in their creative writing with little grounding - not a bad thing. In fact, these kids seem to have more creative and emotive dialogue.

Scenes with heightened emotional intensity, usually character driven. Pathos pathos pathos.

Tropes abound!

Strong character voice, sometimes need help worldbuilding, though.

Super special protagonists, sometimes idealized versions of themselves. Hey, if they can get emotionally invested in their characters, that's helpful for me as their teacher.

My kids I suspect grew up reading and writing fanfic are also more enthusiastic creative writers. I do a lot of choice in my class, and some kids, fanfic-y kids, normally pick the creative writing option.

I find these kids endearing, and by no way mean to make fun of them.

Re: Secret Author

[(Anonymous)]

DA - that's awesome and I love it. For all the horror stories I hear about "the younger generation" outsourcing all their thinking and creativity to AI, I hope and pray enough are retaining the joy of imagination.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

None of those strike me as fanfiction tells. They're present all across fiction, and not just recent fiction. The only partial exception is the tropes, but that's a broad category and it still depends on the type of trope. Only One Bed = definitely fanficcy. Fake Dating = likely fanfic-inspired in the age group you teach, but still present in enough media that predates fanfic being mainstream that it's hard to tell. Wise Wizard Mentor = standard fantasy trope, not fanficcy.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

They're not exclusive to fanfiction, but to me, they're very plausible fanfiction tells because they come up a lot more frequently in former fanfic writers. For example, you find issues with world building everywhere, but when people are writing for an already-established world, that's one writing muscle that might not get exercised quite so much.

I do some freelance editing, and while the people I work with aren't kids, I can also tell who's done most of their writing experience via fanfic as opposed to original. Popular fanfic tropes, dialogue that attempts to mimic the TV show/movie they're riffing off of (Joss Whedon in particular), not quite enough characterization or world building detail if they're filing off the serial numbers, because they're used to an audience that knows the characters and universe already, etc. etc.

I've read and written both original fic and fanfic. Not everyone gives themselves away, but the differences are there and more conspicuous to a person who has experience in both.