Any fan fiction writers?

[doctorwho29]

Anyone around here into writing fan fiction? It's a real hobby of mine...or would be if I had any focus or discipline.

 

[Tuur]

I've done one based on Hogan's Heroes, of all things. Unpublishable because it's fan fiction and that gets into copyrights and things, but it worked surprisingly well, maybe because there were no "Mary Sue" characters.

 

[doctorwho29]

Maybe unpublishable for profit but there are plenty of places online to share it for free

 

[Tuur]

Maybe unpublishable for profit but there are plenty of places online to share it for free

Uh, unpublishable in any sense, because the characters are not in public domain. This means fan fic usually violates copyright unless the characters are used by permission of those who hold the copyright. After making a previous post in this topic, I found another fan fic, a short "interview" that is basically an opinion piece but using a well known character set in a well known imaginary world, neither of which is public domain. That, too, will never see the light of day. It was fun to write, but that's about all. There's too much risk involved.

 

[linux.poet]

I used to write a lot of Bionicle fan fiction back in the day. I still have the topic listing with all of my early writing efforts.

I did a couple of Aetherlight fanfiction stories as well. Basically, I need a good fandom that piques my eccentric interests to do something like that. Except I don't, because I have no time for that these days. All of my time has to go toward money making and ministry. It seems that fanfiction is an amusement of the young and young at heart. It's good novel writing practice.

 

[jasmine_childoftheking]

I’m aware that fanfics exist, like fans of books or a movie or a TV wants to have fun in speculating or expanding.

I haven’t really written any, though I’m sure there are some fanfic writers on here.

 

[OnceLostButNowFound]

For the longest time, I used to write fanfiction on and off. Then I started writing with the intent on publishing a novel and found that there is a lot more to writing than it initially appears.

I look back on my old fanfics and am shocked at the difference between them and my current work, not just in quality but how different my tastes and viewpoints were. Mostly because I wrote fanfiction before decided to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior and repenting of my old ways.

I still find myself dabbling in it from time to time. But as a writer, I found it's more challenging productive to try and make your own stories. A fun way of doing so would involve taking some of your favorite aspects of other stories that you like and playing around with them a bit. See what sticks.