Agreed. One isn't ~less creative~ for writing fan fiction over original fiction, in my opinion.
However, I do have to say that I do NOT like the trend of "I wrote a fic for X fandom and changed the names so now it's original fiction~". If all you need to do is interchange names, then to be honest, your characterization must be shitty, because the odds of two different people reacting the same to situations is highly unlikely. :|
That said, I'm at 15k and very behind in NaNo, because I am leading up to a super sad part and I know it's going to kill me to write. XD And I hate writing 'out of order', so I can't just skip past it and come back.
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However, I do have to say that I do NOT like the trend of "I wrote a fic for X fandom and changed the names so now it's original fiction~". If all you need to do is interchange names, then to be honest, your characterization must be shitty, because the odds of two different people reacting the same to situations is highly unlikely. :|
That said, I'm at 15k and very behind in NaNo, because I am leading up to a super sad part and I know it's going to kill me to write. XD And I hate writing 'out of order', so I can't just skip past it and come back.