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<blockquote data-quote="englishmuffin" data-source="post: 66142313" data-attributes="member: 338157"><p><strong>LadyNRA:</strong> That's an interesting question. I'm not certain, although I think the fact that, for some time during my teens, I was convinced I was bisexual, probably was some influence.</p><p></p><p>Another factor might have been my lack of close friends, which caused some confusion as where friendship could end and romance begin; I'm no psychologist here but I have noticed that the ships I tended to like were the best-friend ones. Plus I was a teenager so probably read too much into innocent things.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it wasn't specifically slash that I liked--I don't think I ever thought "hmm, I fancy reading some slash"--I tended to get attached to specific pairings, and looked for/wrote them. Other pairings I wouldn't touch. I have to say, I've never enjoyed overly sexual writing in any form.</p><p></p><p>Rewriting my fics are going to be some work. At least in most of them the pairings were sub-plots. And at least it was for only one fandom.</p><p></p><p>I feel that I should have more original ideas, being a professional writer. (Well, I haven't made any money out of it yet, but I've had two poems published, so that makes me a professional.) But often I find, because I have universes (and other people's characters) ingrained in my head, that plenty of original ideas come to me in fan fiction form. I've been known to trial an idea as fanfic and then adapt and change it round for original fiction, once I've built new characters for it. (It takes me a long time to write real characters. Plots are much easier. Especially with a giant whiteboard.) I'd never just change the names (coughfiftyshadescough); to me that feels like cheating. Besides, I'd want people who read my fanfic to be able to read my novels as well without knowing the ending already.</p><p></p><p>If you want to write something original, why not comb through your fanfiction and see if there's anything worth turning into an original story? As long as you tweak it enough and come up with different characters, there's no harm in it. </p><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/idea.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":idea:" title="idea :idea:" data-shortname=":idea:" /></p><p></p><p>I began writing Doctor Who fairly recently (compared with my other fandoms), and knew from the start that slash was not going to play a part, despite its appearance from time to time in the Whoniverse itself. My biggest challenge so far has been the character of Jack--for anyone who doesn't know, he'll flirt (and sleep) with anything and anyone; and the only long-term 'relationship' he has in canon is with another man. I originally planned to just avoid dealing with his love life when he appeared--all a matter of who's perspective I was writing from--but it turns out quite a few writers have paired him with Donna and that seems quite acceptable. So I've done that in more or less everything. I've become quite fond of the couple, actually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="englishmuffin, post: 66142313, member: 338157"] [B]LadyNRA:[/B] That's an interesting question. I'm not certain, although I think the fact that, for some time during my teens, I was convinced I was bisexual, probably was some influence. Another factor might have been my lack of close friends, which caused some confusion as where friendship could end and romance begin; I'm no psychologist here but I have noticed that the ships I tended to like were the best-friend ones. Plus I was a teenager so probably read too much into innocent things. Anyway, it wasn't specifically slash that I liked--I don't think I ever thought "hmm, I fancy reading some slash"--I tended to get attached to specific pairings, and looked for/wrote them. Other pairings I wouldn't touch. I have to say, I've never enjoyed overly sexual writing in any form. Rewriting my fics are going to be some work. At least in most of them the pairings were sub-plots. And at least it was for only one fandom. I feel that I should have more original ideas, being a professional writer. (Well, I haven't made any money out of it yet, but I've had two poems published, so that makes me a professional.) But often I find, because I have universes (and other people's characters) ingrained in my head, that plenty of original ideas come to me in fan fiction form. I've been known to trial an idea as fanfic and then adapt and change it round for original fiction, once I've built new characters for it. (It takes me a long time to write real characters. Plots are much easier. Especially with a giant whiteboard.) I'd never just change the names (coughfiftyshadescough); to me that feels like cheating. Besides, I'd want people who read my fanfic to be able to read my novels as well without knowing the ending already. If you want to write something original, why not comb through your fanfiction and see if there's anything worth turning into an original story? As long as you tweak it enough and come up with different characters, there's no harm in it. :idea: I began writing Doctor Who fairly recently (compared with my other fandoms), and knew from the start that slash was not going to play a part, despite its appearance from time to time in the Whoniverse itself. My biggest challenge so far has been the character of Jack--for anyone who doesn't know, he'll flirt (and sleep) with anything and anyone; and the only long-term 'relationship' he has in canon is with another man. I originally planned to just avoid dealing with his love life when he appeared--all a matter of who's perspective I was writing from--but it turns out quite a few writers have paired him with Donna and that seems quite acceptable. So I've done that in more or less everything. I've become quite fond of the couple, actually. [/QUOTE]
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