i am a fanfic author, mostly HP fanfic...... i write when ever i have a chance, and read as many storeis as i possible can (at least an hour a day and i get several alerts from Fanfic.net a day.......)
anyway, do you think fanfic is obsesive? should i stop reading.. should i stop writing?
LET ME KNOW!!!!
2007-07-15 17:04:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I used to read HP fanfic ALL THE TIME when I was 13. I was really addicted and it began to taint my few of the cannon. I grew out of it when I turned 14. I'm 17 now, and if I ever do read a fanfic again, it won't be until the last book and the last movie have come out and I'm completely starved of Harry Potter.
Like Kechi said, a lot of it is crappy, but I've read a few good ones. One was a Remus/Tonks story and one was a Snape/Mary Sue story that ACTUALLY kept Snape in character. That's a pretty major thing in my book, since Severus is so mean that its hard to write a romance for him without taking him out of character. If I ever do read fanfic again, I will try to find this one first. I don't remember the title or author but I do remember the Mary Sue character called him The Great Snapeini at one point.
As to whether or not you should stop reading it, that's up to you. Perhaps you should try to cut down on the amount of time you spend reading it though. Find another addictive hobby, like knitting, or reading real books.
2007-07-15 17:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's obsessive. I used to write only HP fan fic, but lost all inspriation for the stories. None of them were good anyway. I've got over a hundred fav stories on fanfiction.net, and I've written 14 separate stories on the site. I do write slash, but it's the manga Loveless, and it's supposed to be slash. If it isn't slash, then you're an idiot. It's up to you to stop reading and/or writing. Just read some real books along with the fanfiction. Keeps a healty balance, and maybe try your hand at original works even though it's a lot harder than FanFiction.
2007-07-15 18:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by bleddingblakrose 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you visit the site more the twice a day and those visits include you reading stories for the next three to what hours then yes, it is obsessive.
I myself sometimes read other people's works on fanfic.net but it usually takes me a while to find anything good. Apparently the only thing people known how to write today are slash and cliche highschool drama's involving the canon characters topped with a few Mary-Sue's and self inserts.
Boring, unorginal, and stupid.
Still, there are some good fanfic that might take hours to find but once you do you've struck gold. As for writing, I prefer to go with orginal works myself - after all, I see no reason to further someone else's chacrter's story on my own accord. However it's really up to you and your preferences if you continue to write them or not.
~Kechi
2007-07-15 17:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
it's obsessive but let see, I switch fandoms a lot. I write slash and I do it a lot but I switched from hp to gw and a few others. Some times the fandoms get boring. Ther's only so many plot cliches you can read like gasp Harry is a veela...Draco is a veela and so on.
2007-07-15 17:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is obsessive if you consider the time and effort (and thought) you spend on a series to write fanfics. But it's not awful, all of the time.
Others might even say you're practicing your writing skills by writing. ^_^
2007-07-15 17:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by istillcandream 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Souless at sixteen sounds really good! if you need any other ideas here are some: - Blood Year - 16th Blood - The year of Sixteen - Safe until Sixteen - Seth's love for blood - Vampire love - Changing 16 - the 16th vampire - Vampire girl/ Blood girl
2016-05-18 22:55:12 · answer #6 · answered by cora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be obsessive, but it's harmless and fun, like being a fan of a particular sports team. If you enjoy it then there's no reason to give it up.
Try reading some of the fic by Mariner, she's very good - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/7702/Mariner
2007-07-15 17:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not obsessive. i'm a fanfic writer too. :D
well, we'll probably get tired of writing this stuff and go to a new thing we'll adore. that's how people are and that's how the world goes. :)
2007-07-15 17:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it gets in the way of you doing anything else, then yes, it's obsessive. Otherwise, no.
2007-07-15 19:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u WILL one day grow out of it,....trust me, everyone does.
2007-07-15 17:07:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anubis 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋