Comments on: In Defense Of Fanfiction http://popshifter.com/2010-01-30/in-defense-of-fanfiction/ One Giant Leap for Fankind Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:06:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clio http://popshifter.com/2010-01-30/in-defense-of-fanfiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Clio Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:11:22 +0000 http://popshifter.com/?p=4322#comment-1769 I am both a published novelist and a fanfic writer. I don't write fanfic for novels, though - I write videogame fanfic, specifically Final Fantasy. As a person with some experience in the art of writing, I can state categorically that it is not the creation of characters that is difficult but the bringing of them to life through words alone; not the creation of settings that is a challenge, but writing them in a way that your readers can see, smell, hear, taste and touch. I think it is actually MORE difficult and HARDER work to take on someone else's character, and remain true to that characterisation, and convey it successfully, than it is to invent one's own. Fanfic writers don't write for fame or money, or to live the 'artist' lifestyle. They write for love alone. To me, that makes it the purest form of literature. And I'll just sign off with my one-word answer to all those who criticise fanfiction: Shakespeare. He never had an original plot or character in his life. Bye now. I am both a published novelist and a fanfic writer. I don’t write fanfic for novels, though – I write videogame fanfic, specifically Final Fantasy. As a person with some experience in the art of writing, I can state categorically that it is not the creation of characters that is difficult but the bringing of them to life through words alone; not the creation of settings that is a challenge, but writing them in a way that your readers can see, smell, hear, taste and touch. I think it is actually MORE difficult and HARDER work to take on someone else’s character, and remain true to that characterisation, and convey it successfully, than it is to invent one’s own.

Fanfic writers don’t write for fame or money, or to live the ‘artist’ lifestyle. They write for love alone. To me, that makes it the purest form of literature.

And I’ll just sign off with my one-word answer to all those who criticise fanfiction: Shakespeare. He never had an original plot or character in his life.

Bye now.

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