Fanfic yes or no and why?

[Angela Boyko]

>I'm curious about why people choose to read or not to read fanfic.  
>And how's the decision worked out?  (e.g. did you start reading fanfic 
>and wish you hadn't?  did you have your mind made up one way or the 
>other and then change it?)

>Amy Z

I didn't want to read fanfic because it wasn't canon. I gave up reading
Star Wars novels a long time ago - if it wasn't onscreen, it ain't
canon.

I have probably read about 4 stories - and liked one. I'm not naming the
ones I didn't like, because they are popular and I might started getting
pelted with modems next. ;-)

What I didn't like is the writing style - either the story was really
written for a very narrow audience - or it was poor structuring. And the
stories don't have the "feel" of the HP universe that JKR can produce,
that wonderful feeling of a vital and magical universe with her
particular brand of humour. I got misty eyed reading "Fantastic Beasts",
just because I had one more little piece of JKR's witty world.

That said, I admit that I have a couple "A Day in the Life Of" pieces on
Fanfiction.Net. I consider them more satire pieces than anything, and
not seriously threatening to the enjoyment of canon. I don't want to
presume what the characters will be doing when they're 25, I'm just
having fun imagining what's behind the scenes of what is canon. That
way, when JKR continues to astound us with events we didn't see coming,
in the next three books, hopefully my fanfiction won't look too
outdated.

Angela
"http://www.fanfiction.net/index.fic?action=story-read&StoryID=235266&Chapter=2"
Boyko

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