Original Fiction vs Fanfiction.

I prefer Original to fan-fic because:

A) I like creating my own characters, and I like describing them.

B) Although over the past weeks, my thoughts on fan-fiction has swayed little, I still come to the conclusion: Not Original = No talent, *stubborn*

C) I feel more proud when I finish the chapter of an original fiction, where as when I finish a fan-fic one it's kinda like: "Yay. . . Okay, back to work."

Psychosocial: Genius:

B) Although over the past weeks, my thoughts on fan-fiction has swayed little, I still come to the conclusion: Not Original = No talent, *stubborn*

I think that saying that shows a lack of knowledge of well-written fanfiction, of which there is a lot.

Well, I write both, and I love both.
They both give me different things - fan fiction lets me live out some of my fantasies, for either famous fictional characters, or just famous people. It's a lot of fun. :tehe:

Then again, original fiction can prove to be even more fun (for me, at least), as I usually find the horizons are bigger there. The characters can be whoever you want them to be. . . Usually when I write OF, too, I make the stories more supernatural. If I wanted to write a realistic love story, I'd just stick with FF. . .

There is some really great fan fiction out there that will make me go :cheese:

But personally, I prefer to write original fiction. I like coming up with characters and a plot that's all my own. Pushing my mind to the very brink of creativity is always very fun.

Although, I will write the occasional Harry Potter fiction because;
a) There is a whole Harry Potter universe, so it doesn't necessarily need to be about HR&H.
b) JKR is totally cool with people writing fan fictions, which makes me feel more comfortable because it's justified.

I have kind of an issue with people writing about real people. Don't get me wrong; they can be awesome stories and totally original and well-developed and all that jazz, but it still makes me feel a little iffy about the fact that these characters are (however loosely it may be) based off of real people (especially all the implausible raunchy sex; that's frightening). I usually avoid real people fan fictions.

But, you know, that's just me. Whatever floats your boat, it's your mibba account, have as much fun as you want.

So I do this thing where I write out an entire detailed plot for ideas I have, and those plots are often accompanied by a page or so of cramped character descriptions. I map out most everything I write, even fanfiction. The only story I haven't thought so deeply about of mine is a Jacob Black fanfic, and that's simply because I haven't had the time to sit down and think about where I want it to go. With my fanfics I also plug in an original character instead of using two that already exist. I like the OC pairing with Leading Man.

I know that it can be a complex thing to write fanfiction, especially if the author wants to make it good. Original fiction is written the same way as fanfiction is, on Mibba at least. It really is hard to find un-cliche`d fanfics as well as original fiction. If they don't write about Twilight or the next Most Popular Band, then they write about vampires or the little they know about the music business. Fanfiction isn't the only genre which can be cliche`; that's why I have a problem finding any good books at my local bookstore.

Psychosocial: Genius:

B) Although over the past weeks, my thoughts on fan-fiction has swayed little, I still come to the conclusion: Not Original = No talent, *stubborn*

I think that's very unfair, actually.

Alot of the most talented writers on this site write fanfiction. Just because there is a band/person/book/film in your life that inspires you, does that mean you're untalented if you choose to vent your passion for them into words?

I see little difference between well-written FF and OF, because the best of each still has to have character development, decent description, personal style and plot, amongst other things. Even if you're not creating a character's name, look and basic personality, there are still alot of other aspects to a good story that need talent and imagination to create. If you read alot of bad original fiction, characters turn into Mary-Sues and plots are overused, amongst other problems a story may have. At least if you're basing your character on a real person then you're writing about them and are less likely to create a generic character - and saying that, it also takes talent to portray a person as their true selves correctly.

FF and OF are on a par with me. I'll read and write both, and it entirely depends on the standard of writing when it comes to reading them. Even though I mainly write FF because I love to write about people that inspire me, I generally do not prefer one over the other.

Technically, fanfiction and historical fiction are the same thing. Since we consider historical fiction as OF, there's no difference in style between OF and FF. -shrug-

Tom Fletcher.:

Psychosocial: Genius:

B) Although over the past weeks, my thoughts on fan-fiction has swayed little, I still come to the conclusion: Not Original = No talent, *stubborn*

I think that's very unfair, actually.

Alot of the most talented writers on this site write fanfiction. Just because there is a band/person/book/film in your life that inspires you, does that mean you're untalented if you choose to vent your passion for them into words?

I just think that she hasn't read a lot of fanfiction, otherwise she obviously wouldn't think that way.
Her loss, I suppose.
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druscilla; with you.:

I just think that she hasn't read a lot of fanfiction, otherwise she obviously wouldn't think that way.
Her loss, I suppose.
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I think you're right, actually. :tehe:

But as someone who uses FF to express my love for certain bands, I just needed to have a little rant. I still think it's unfair to generalise that no FF writer has any talent :file:

Psychosocial: Genius:

I prefer Original to fan-fic because:
B) Although over the past weeks, my thoughts on fan-fiction has swayed little, I still come to the conclusion: Not Original = No talent, *stubborn*

If Psychosocial: Genius's opinion were fact, that would mean more than half of this website's users alone are untalented losers. What a lovely thing to say. I think there is quite a big difference between being a good or a bad writer, and what genre you write in has nothing to do with it. It is an unfair generalization, not all fanfiction is a "Jonas Bros/Harry Potter/My Chemical Romance love story"; some of them are Harry Potter/Naruto/Evanescence love stories. Not to mention that at least a third of the fanfiction writers also write original fiction.

tribal territory:

Not all fanfiction is a "Jonas Bros/Harry Potter/My Chemical Romance love story"; some of them are Harry Potter/Naruto/Evanescence love stories.

I think that's generalizing a bit, too. I know a lot of My Chemical Romance love stories that are extremely well-written and don't have the clichés you may be thinking about. And even though I despise the Jonas Brothers, there must be at least one mind-blowing story with them as characters. I just think there are a lot of pairings in fanfiction that are underestimated and labeled as 'bad writing.'
Maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say. Slap me if I did. :shifty

^ I won't slap you, but I am on board for the Sarcasm Button. That little tid-bit you quoted was supposed to be sarcastic, and an allusion to a certain fanfic which has stricken the fanfiction community, if you know which one I mean. I don't mean that cross overs are stupid, sometimes they can be good, but I was just being funny.

Tom Fletcher.:

druscilla; with you.:

I just think that she hasn't read a lot of fanfiction, otherwise she obviously wouldn't think that way.
Her loss, I suppose.
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I think you're right, actually. :tehe:

But as someone who uses FF to express my love for certain bands, I just needed to have a little rant. I still think it's unfair to generalise that no FF writer has any talent :file:

I know what you mean.
I edited my original post. :tehe:

Revolting.:

I think that's generalizing a bit, too. I know a lot of My Chemical Romance love stories that are extremely well-written and don't have the clichés you may be thinking about. And even though I despise the Jonas Brothers, there must be at least one mind-blowing story with them as characters. I just think there are a lot of pairings in fanfiction that are underestimated and labeled as 'bad writing.'
Maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say. Slap me if I did. :shifty

I'm not a fan of the JoBros at all, but I got recced a story about them, so, I decided to have a read. It was...amazing. It was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever read in my life, despite the fact that it was based around a band I really don't like.
I can't remember the name of it, but gosh .
It was one of the most amazing things ever.

Yes, another thing I think is unfair about fan-fiction is that certain bands are associated with shitty fics/writing, and therefore some people generalise this to the whole of that fandom or even fan-fiction as a whole.. For example, some say that Frerard is all the same and you can't do anything original with it - not true. I think it takes talent to take something like a pairing which is very overused and make something unique and different out of it.

Jon Walker.:

Revolting.:

I think that's generalizing a bit, too. I know a lot of My Chemical Romance love stories that are extremely well-written and don't have the clichés you may be thinking about. And even though I despise the Jonas Brothers, there must be at least one mind-blowing story with them as characters. I just think there are a lot of pairings in fanfiction that are underestimated and labeled as 'bad writing.'
Maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say. Slap me if I did. :shifty

I'm not a fan of the JoBros at all, but I got recced a story about them, so, I decided to have a read. It was...amazing. It was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever read in my life, despite the fact that it was based around a band I really don't like.
I can't remember the name of it, but gosh .
It was one of the most amazing things ever.

One of my favorite writers atm writes Jonas. I think she's amazing. Amazing enough to make me actually cry, anyway.

And I agree with Sam. Just because these couple hundreds of fanfics can be that bad doesn't mean all of them are.
It isn't fair for people to do that with Fanfiction alone.
Oh yeah. So you apparently have originality. That doens't exactly mean you have talent. There are some pretty shitty original fics out there, just like fanfiction.

Tom Fletcher.:

Yes, another thing I think is unfair about fan-fiction is that certain bands are associated with shitty ficus/writing, and therefore some people generalise this to the whole of that fandom or even fan-fiction as a whole.. For example, some say that Frerard is all the same and you can't do anything original with it - not true. I think it takes talent to take something like a pairing which is very overused and make something unique and different out of it.

I think that's what my problem is, because I've seen these 'frerards' that are wrote absolutely terribly, I think I just need to read a brilliant MCR fan-fic to completely sway my mind.
Sorry If I've offenced anybody.

P.s, Druscilla, I'm a he :tehe:

In my opinion they're both as lame as each other.

Why?
Because practically every plot has been done at least once before [Examples being: Dark lord rising, Forbidden Romance, Time travellnig and wiping out your existane from the current timeline] meaning jsut because a person takes the basic plot and puts a spin on it and adds there own characters it doesn't make it better than fan fiction. Then there's the fact characters are based off something/an idea which has already been done, so surely it's the same as basing a character off Pete Wentz or Frank Iero and putting your spin on them, so surely OF writers also lack talent in a way?

I write and read both, and as far as published works go Stephen King had fanfiction type elements in The Dark Tower [Wolves of the Calla with the lightsabers and snitches] and whoever wrote Saving Charlie wrote a fan fiction novel, which even if I didn't know who Hiro and Charlie were I'd have loved more than the first book ever written which surely is the only peice of OF if you get me?

I'm not making sense but basically

They're either both as good as each other, or both as lame as each other.
Both take talent.

Vicky said it all.

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Tom Fletcher.:

Vicky said it all.

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