Fanfic writers/readers, I need your input!

[ewlyn]

Talking Writing, a monthly online literary magazine, is planning to do an issue on guilty pleasures over the summer and I have been asked to write a piece about fanfic.

So, this is a plea for those of you who write and read fanfic to give me input regarding what you think should be included as well as seeing if any of you have any insight you'd like

Comments

[ewlyn]

Well, my plan was to sort out what the hell I'm writing about and then hopefully get some quotes off people regarding their opinion of it. It's supposed to be about why fanfic is a guilty pleasure - which is definitely is - so I thought I'd focus on why it's fun.

I'd probably just interview you, if that was ok. :)

[wattle_neurotic]

My brain isn't quite functioning right at this moment, but I'd be happy to help out if you like? Idk...if you have specific questions shoot me an email? And you know I read RPS and character fic *g*

I think you're spot on with the fleshing out of missing plot, or something we'd have liked to see happen that didn't. And to an extent the characters relationships with each other, what we imagine they'd be like outside the context of whatever show it is.

AU's on the other hand, provide us with familiar faces to flesh out some other situations we'd either like to see them in or you want faces for some original fiction.

Does that make sense? I am babbling. Going to shut up and drink some tea instead :P

[ewlyn]

Yes! That made sense. :)

That is what I was trying to say above, yes.

I was also thinking I might give a bit of a history of fanfic - like how Barrie sent Conan Doyle what was basically Holmes fanfic - and I thought I might go through a night of prime time tv shows here in the US - maybe Thursday - and see if I can find fanfic about every show on the major networks, because I bet I can, and mention that it's not as taboo as people think and how every tiny niche inspired fanfic which people read or something.

I am not sure. It's still early days.

I thought I might also talk a bit about the collaboration inspired by it - things like big bang. I do not know.