[HPforGrownups] Re: Fanfiction/speculation

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 31272


 I'm not sure whether we shouldn't take this discussion over to OT- chatter, but so far there haven't been any admin warnings...
  davewitley <dfrankiswork at netscape.net> wrote: 
>> To me, writing fanfic in the HP verse is one way of organizing my 
thoughts,
>> theories, and speculations into a framework that takes into account 
as much
>> of canon as we've been given, and addresses those issues and 
questions which
>> are left unanswered at the present.

>This is interesting, because I suspect that this, while doubtless 
>true for many fanfic writers, is not the main reason for their 
>writing fanfic.  It would not be for me, should I find a way to do 
>so: I would see it as a stepping stone to writing fiction which is 
>not tied to any previous creation.

I think that there will be as many PsOV as there are personal experiences with writing.

My own experience was:

1) I've always wanted to write something myself, but after a rather daunting experience at the age of 8 where a detective story I had begun ended abruptly at the bottom of the first page because everybody was dead, I didn't really believe I could do it, and that for nearly 30 years.

2) Discovering the vast universe of HP fanfiction ( I had never heard of ff of any kind before), it occurred to me that this might be a first step towards writing, something in the middle between an original creation and- well, nothing. (Strangely, writing in a foreign language proved to be very helpful, probably because of the smaller linguistic backpack)

3) This realization set loose some plot bunnies who kept nibbling at my brain until I gave in and started writing. This was when I became aware that, if I wanted to stay as close as possible to canon (and I didn't intend to use merely the names, I wanted the characters), I had to find my own backstories, explanations, justifications etc. Not that I *couldn't* do it in a more analytic way, it's just more fun and less trouble to weave it into a plot.

Susanna/pigwidgeon37 

 


 
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