HP fan Fiction

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <s.hayes at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I just joined this group so I am not sure whether this topic has 
been
> discussed - -if so please point me to the posts!
> 
> I am very curious about HP fanfiction and wondered if many others 
out
> there were into it. It's interesting that people want to fill in 
the
> blanks by creating their own fics, or that they change parts of the
> plot (or create entirely new plots) or add bits to suit their own
> tastes (and fantasies). Some of the fic I have read is really very
> well written and some of the authors appear to be very talented at
> plots. But a lot of it is awful...
> 
> So just wondering what people's views are of fanfic and if anyone 
out
> there writes it, what is your motivation?
> 
> I should disclose here that I am doing some academic research on 
the
> impact of Harry Potter fiction on moral development in children and
> teens, and if anyone says anything interesting I may ask them if I 
can
> quote them anonymously.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sharon
>


Alla:

Hi Sharon :) Welcome to OTC. It is totally a place to ask about 
fanfic, we talk about it here and about many other things. Anything 
completely unrelated to HP, or anything related but not completely 
canon :)

Heee, so yes, anything.

I came to fanfic world (as a reader, not a writer) for two reasons. 
The first one is probably very common for many people - I could not 
stand the long wait between GoF and OOP ( I read first four books 
somewhere in 2001) and started to look for stories to read. Second 
one is more specific - I wanted to read Snape/Sirius slash which I 
knew I will never get in canon.

I mean, I love story with no romance at all, as long as it is well 
written, but oh how I loved some of the stories with this pairing.

I still remember the first fanfic story I ever read - it was a 
really really good slash by Avocado and it was called "Quite good 
enough to be going with". Loved.

I found many gems during the years. Some superb writers, and for me 
the older they are the better - their life experience shines through 
and some of them write so well.

Ozma, Jelsemium, Bored Beyond Belief, Krtshadow, those are writers 
whose stories I will read at any given time.

Fabula Rasa one of my all time favorite Snape/Black writers, but at  
the same time, percentage wise, the good authors IMO are indeed not 
that easy to find.

I agree with you - a lot of it is awful. When I randomly search for 
the story on ff.net and see a lot of stories that I want to scream 
at the authors for - GO and study English more, that is not a good 
thing, you know?

Because I am not a native speaker, and I can write run on sentences 
and make grammar mistakes, etc, etc. And when I cringe starting to 
read the story, well, trust me, the story is really bad then.

Because I am really really prepared to disregard lots of stuff, as 
long as I do not cringe grammar wise :)

And of course there are plenty of stories with awful, just awful 
plots and characterisations. Why do authors are so intent on writing 
so many Mary Sues, eh? I have no answer.

JMO,

Alla