When I was writing orginal fiction, one of my favorite parts was creating the characters and the backstory and the mythology of the world me and my co-writer were working within. There's something about generating ideas and figuring out who these people are, that's very euphoric to me. It's very satisfying. Sadly, I think, when it comes to my attempts at org. fiction, I am better at developing the story. characters, history, than I am at actually executing the story.
Maybe that's why it seemed easier to turn to fanfiction -- the backstory was more or less there and I couldn't use it as an excuse to not just jump in and write.
I think as far as backstory goes, I stick pretty close to canon, but embelish or make assumptions to fill in the many blanks we have. Actually my love of backstory probably explains why I choice CI to write about -- there's still so much back story we don't know and various leaps you could make from what has been presented.
I don't really see the need to sit down and map out my own backstories for any of the characters I write, though. There's something very intriguing to me about having a incomplete history on a character and exploring the different possiblities that could fill the gaps.
I'm great at character and world building. Perhaps I missed my calling as a RP Game developer, who knows.
I especially like what you say in you last paragraph there. I think the gaps in canon are exactly what draws me to fanfiction. It is in the filling of these gaps that my character development takes place.
Maybe that's why it seemed easier to turn to fanfiction -- the backstory was more or less there and I couldn't use it as an excuse to not just jump in and write.
I think as far as backstory goes, I stick pretty close to canon, but embelish or make assumptions to fill in the many blanks we have. Actually my love of backstory probably explains why I choice CI to write about -- there's still so much back story we don't know and various leaps you could make from what has been presented.
I don't really see the need to sit down and map out my own backstories for any of the characters I write, though. There's something very intriguing to me about having a incomplete history on a character and exploring the different possiblities that could fill the gaps.
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I especially like what you say in you last paragraph there. I think the gaps in canon are exactly what draws me to fanfiction. It is in the filling of these gaps that my character development takes place.
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So that's what I should do with my life. :)
i probably would really enjoy doing stuff like that...though I'm not a gamer...
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