Comments on: Fan Fiction

By: Wanda Bagley

Wanda Bagley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:40:56 +0000

thank you kindly for such a amazing post. I love the Vampire Diaries to pieces, outstanding to see that there are people out there identical

By: Cate Hart

Cate Hart — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:08:23 +0000

Yeah, I was thinking voice. It’s probably how I developed such a sassy voice in my writing – not that I’m sassy…. heehee – but Claire in Outlander was definitely a little sassy, and Princess Leia, too. I think that’s what I love the best, writing sassy heroines and rogue/pirate heros.

By: Charlotte McClain

Charlotte McClain — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:47:44 +0000

I have written embarrassing amounts of fan fiction. I started out with Star Wars and various bands, but I’ve dabbled in other things. Sometimes I go back to it just for the stress relief. I learned a lot about voice from it. Every once in a while I go back and take a character or setting that I’ve developed in fan fic to use in something for publication. Jason and Cass from Rock Star’s Retreat started out in fan fiction (which, oddly enough didn’t have anything more than cameos of real people.) Fan fic is also a great antidote to massive writer’s block. You know it can’t be published so you’re free to run wild.

By: Cate Hart

Cate Hart — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:46:34 +0000

I agree with you about struggling with developing the characters in my own stories. Though I do pretty well with the hero, it’s the heroine that drives me batty.

By: PamelaC

PamelaC — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:21:24 +0000

I’ve certainly written my share of fanfiction, mostly Phantom of the Opera based, and a few dabbles in Harry Potter. I always wrote stories ever since I was a little girl, but it was my discovery of fan fiction as an adult that got me interested in writing again and ultimately led me to where I am now, trying to write something original with the goal of someday being published.

I found it was easy to write fan fiction because the characters are already developed – though sometimes it’s fun to explore areas of them that might not have been fully developed in their original works. Probably one of the things I sruggled with most when starting my own original work was coming up with and developing characters that I fell in love with as much as those I wrote about in fan fiction. Now that I’ve managed that, I feel like I’m on my way to being a “real” writer.

And I have to give love to Jamie Fraser and Diana Gabaldon too. She’s one of my biggest inspirations as a writer. And he’s just divine!

By: Jennifer Colgan

Jennifer Colgan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:05:11 +0000

I did cut my writing teeth on fan fiction [Star Trek, Stargate SG-1] and I learned a lot. I still go back to writing fan fic just for fun when I’m blocked or frustrated and I just want to write without pressure. It’s a great way to let off steam.