None of this is automatically bad by definition. A disliked character might be shown as one-dimensionally negative, a loved character as so loved by others that it’s not logical. If you’re motivated by your strong feelings about a particular character, say, it may affect your writing them and others as fully rounded characters. However, the writer’s personal love/hatred/whatever for the original story and characters can also lead to stories that are rather subjective. This can be a great fount for good story ideas: what if, what next, what about this character’s unexplored story, etc. Give your characters some depth.įanfiction is almost by definition created by people who were touched by the original work enough to want to build something more out of its foundation. I’ll skip that familiar topic and dive a little deeper into what’s behind it and what other fanfiction tropes can appear for similar reasons. Of course, one of the popular stereotypes is that fanfiction is full of “Mary Sues”: overpowered, supposedly awesome self-insertion wish-fulfillment characters. While denigrating any genre as a whole is never a good idea, there are some common patterns in fanfiction that may contribute to this stereotype. Yet, it’s also stereotyped as an inferior-some might call it silly-form of writing. Kokko has a few tips for making fanfiction writing shine:įanfiction is a popular form of writing and one of the recognized genres for novels on NaNoWriMo. Tons of authors have honed their writing skills with fanfiction, not to mention the millions of writers and readers who love exploring familiar stories and characters! Today, NaNoWriMo participant Ville V. Fanfiction is an often under-rated genre.
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