WIP Challenge - Check In, Day 13 - Thursday

[the_rck]

Poll #15084

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Today I

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planned
4 (66.7%)

researched
1 (16.7%)

wrote
4 (66.7%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
2 (33.3%)

did something else
2 (33.3%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 4.67 Median: 5 Std. Dev 2.21

Terrible 1		1 (16.7%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		1 (16.7%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		2 (33.3%)
6		1 (16.7%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		1 (16.7%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

Do you write original fiction? If so, what do you find different about original fiction versus fan fiction?

I haven't written any original fiction in years, decades even. I'd been pretty much blocked for years when I first started writing fic. I could write LARP scenarios but nothing else, so that's pretty much what I have to compare fic writing to. LARP writing is more fragmented, and it teaches one to see a story from many different points of view (each character gets a short story) and to balance things so that everybody has something to do. A LARP will break if it all hinges on one character or if there are characters with very little to do.

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[hamimi_fk]

I write some original fic and have found it a lot more... 'liberating' than fanfic. Fanfiction is easy because everything is already setup for me - worlldbuilding, characters, etc - but original stuff requires, and allows, you to be creative. It's more work but more rewarding for me because I like knowing that it's mine, my worldbuilding, my characters, etc. I get a similar feeling with my fanfics but it's more a sense of 'it's done!' as opposed to 'I created this world!' ｜D

I tend to favor AU fanfic and fandoms where the main character is 'original' (ala, Skyrim and Fallen London) because of this. And this is why I dislike when someone takes their fanfic, changes the names, and pretends it's original. x( That's not creative!