Writing Inspiration – Fan Fiction

Now fan fiction is a thorny issue – it can upset authors as it does impinge on there rights some what. However many authors allow it as long as you are not selling the books or making money from it and many series would not have been able to continue if a fan fiction writer had not stepped up and taken on writing it officially. The writing of fanfic is also extremely good at honing your writing skills and I believe there are extensive communities for Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings and things were you can even write in groups.

I myself have never really written any fanfic as I have too many worlds in my own brain to want to write in someone else’s – the exceptions to these are computer games – I would love to write Half Life (including Portal) and Minecraft novels. And… * coughs * I may actually have some Minecraft story stuff underway – me and my family are obsessed with the game (no seriously I have a blog about it)!

So if there is a fanchise that you are fond of it might be away of getting the writing juices flowing again and remember it could just be for you which gives you an great sense of freedom when you are first starting out with writing.

Little side note – Fifty Shades of Grey started out as Twilight Fanfic.

Posted: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
Categories: Inspiration.
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