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My friend who writes mainly Dr. Who fanfic now and I were chatting last night. She said that Dr. Who fanfic was better quality than EQ fanfic, so she had to be extra careful before she posted a Dr. Who story.
It stung a bit, but I'm in no place to say otherwise, since I've fallen back to bad writing habits. And we're getting ready to leave, so I wanted to throw this out for possible discussion.
I don't like thinking about fanfic in terms of quality, unless in terms of bad and good; let's face it, some fanfic in any fandom is bad and/or written badly - people who refuse to use spell check and/or that are English speakers/writers and insist on using all caps or junky spelling, or .... Yes, I'm a bit of a grammar nazi.
I say that Dr. Who fanfic is "higher quality" because there are more writers and readers and fandom folks in the fandom, and it's been going on for a long time. Many more people know the episodes and stories forwards and backwards; so there's more folks that can "trip you up," so to speak.
But EQ is 20 years old, for example. Sure it was popular, but it doesn't rival Dr. Who's popularity now. If it was showing today, if that was possible, would we need to say EQ fanfic had to have "higher quality"?
I try to write the best I can, whether fanfic or not, not caring what fandom. Perfectionism is part of my writing problems.
So, what do you think? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill here, or should a fanfic's/fandom's quality be a big thing?
My friend who writes mainly Dr. Who fanfic now and I were chatting last night. She said that Dr. Who fanfic was better quality than EQ fanfic, so she had to be extra careful before she posted a Dr. Who story.
It stung a bit, but I'm in no place to say otherwise, since I've fallen back to bad writing habits. And we're getting ready to leave, so I wanted to throw this out for possible discussion.
I don't like thinking about fanfic in terms of quality, unless in terms of bad and good; let's face it, some fanfic in any fandom is bad and/or written badly - people who refuse to use spell check and/or that are English speakers/writers and insist on using all caps or junky spelling, or .... Yes, I'm a bit of a grammar nazi.
I say that Dr. Who fanfic is "higher quality" because there are more writers and readers and fandom folks in the fandom, and it's been going on for a long time. Many more people know the episodes and stories forwards and backwards; so there's more folks that can "trip you up," so to speak.
But EQ is 20 years old, for example. Sure it was popular, but it doesn't rival Dr. Who's popularity now. If it was showing today, if that was possible, would we need to say EQ fanfic had to have "higher quality"?
I try to write the best I can, whether fanfic or not, not caring what fandom. Perfectionism is part of my writing problems.
So, what do you think? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill here, or should a fanfic's/fandom's quality be a big thing?
