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fandomsecrets2014-01-23 06:43 pm
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Fanfic doesn't even have to have good spelling and grammar to be better than that book. Just to have a less wah-wah-wangsty protagonist.
The problem with published books which are terrible is that I (used to) get sucked into reading the whole thing because I couldn't believe the book got published. I would keep reading until they 'got good'. Which hardly ever happened. Thanks to fanfic, I don't make that mistake any more. Three chapters, and I'm out.
Fanfic has this fantastic thing called a back button. Everybody knows that 90% of fanfic is shit, sure - the remaining 10% divided into pretty good with 1% of that being the pure gold. Thanks to BACKBUTTON - quickly away from the dross and in search of the gold.
The best original fic will always be better than the best fanfic, perhaps.
But in terms of ease of finding quality new stories per time taken, fanfic has a better hit rate, because of links, searchability, recs and backbutton. Add to that the subjects that fanfic covers - niche storylines that make no sense to publish commercially.
At the moment, fanfic wins.