Pardon this interruption. I'm having a bad night.
I don't know why I rage about wrong's done to my favorite characters in books and movies that I don't own the rights to. I have the power in my pen to change everything. To keep them alive or show them how good love can be or even what being evil might feel like. I can keep couples together or tear them apart. I can group them together however I want. AU? Hell yes!
And why do I keep feeling the urge to write and rewrite these characters that I love? Because I can. I consider it practice. One day they'll be a book at Barnes & Noble with my name on the cover. I'm hoping for a pretty cover but it could be brown paper held together with twine and I'd be happy. I've even figured out where the books would sit at my local branch. For right now, I just keep fine-tuning my writing and plotting skills.
And while I don't completely understand the minds of people who DON'T write (because I've been doing this for as long as I can remember), I'm starting to understand them a little more as I start to edge out of the fanfiction realm and into the realm of fandom in general. I also realize that I'm an ABOMINATION to some people. How dare I try to right wrongs. How dare I mess with the wonderful plot that the writer(s) has come up with. How dare I mess with perfection. Drop the pen and step away from the keyboard.
There are 8 general plots that exist. Everything is fanfiction of something else. They just changed the names and locations. There really is nothing new under the sun.
For now I'm perfectly content to hang out under a few of the umbrellas set up by someone else but I'm working on making one of my own. And when I do... if someone wants to write a story based on what I wrote... HELL YES!
And why do I keep feeling the urge to write and rewrite these characters that I love? Because I can. I consider it practice. One day they'll be a book at Barnes & Noble with my name on the cover. I'm hoping for a pretty cover but it could be brown paper held together with twine and I'd be happy. I've even figured out where the books would sit at my local branch. For right now, I just keep fine-tuning my writing and plotting skills.
And while I don't completely understand the minds of people who DON'T write (because I've been doing this for as long as I can remember), I'm starting to understand them a little more as I start to edge out of the fanfiction realm and into the realm of fandom in general. I also realize that I'm an ABOMINATION to some people. How dare I try to right wrongs. How dare I mess with the wonderful plot that the writer(s) has come up with. How dare I mess with perfection. Drop the pen and step away from the keyboard.
There are 8 general plots that exist. Everything is fanfiction of something else. They just changed the names and locations. There really is nothing new under the sun.
For now I'm perfectly content to hang out under a few of the umbrellas set up by someone else but I'm working on making one of my own. And when I do... if someone wants to write a story based on what I wrote... HELL YES!