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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Should you write for your own sake or for the amusement of your prospective readers?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I've been wondering, as of late, on whether or not I've been going around this whole fiction thing the wrong way. When I first started writing fics, I wrote them for myself because I enjoyed them, and also because I wanted other people to enjoy them too. Now, I question on whether or not this strategy works very well or not considering the fact that what I consider to be interesting may not also be interesting to other people. I'm of course referring to the old saying in the fanfic biz that goes, [/FONT]
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"Write what you want to write." or some derirative of that.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I first started wondering this when I wrote my latest parody fic. Of course, when writing a parody, you have to make jokes that are enjoyable and can be easily understood. This inherently entails taking the reader into consideration because I can't neccesarily assume that what I find funny would be funny to other people.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Case in Point:[/FONT] [May contain slightly offensive language]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Then, this led me to wonder if this theory could/should be applied to my other fics. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]So, tl;dr: As a fanfiction writer, should you write what you want to write or should you write that which some people might find amusing?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]That's not to say that taking into consideration your potential readers would lessen the enjoyment of writing, no. It would just require a bit more effort on the writer's part and may stifle creativity a bit. Personally, I'm leaning towards writing for the reader's sake, but I want to see what you guys think or maybe get some advice on which way I should go. Remember that I'm applying this to non-comedy fics too.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I've been wondering, as of late, on whether or not I've been going around this whole fiction thing the wrong way. When I first started writing fics, I wrote them for myself because I enjoyed them, and also because I wanted other people to enjoy them too. Now, I question on whether or not this strategy works very well or not considering the fact that what I consider to be interesting may not also be interesting to other people. I'm of course referring to the old saying in the fanfic biz that goes, [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
"Write what you want to write." or some derirative of that.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I first started wondering this when I wrote my latest parody fic. Of course, when writing a parody, you have to make jokes that are enjoyable and can be easily understood. This inherently entails taking the reader into consideration because I can't neccesarily assume that what I find funny would be funny to other people.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Case in Point:[/FONT] [May contain slightly offensive language]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Then, this led me to wonder if this theory could/should be applied to my other fics. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]So, tl;dr: As a fanfiction writer, should you write what you want to write or should you write that which some people might find amusing?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]That's not to say that taking into consideration your potential readers would lessen the enjoyment of writing, no. It would just require a bit more effort on the writer's part and may stifle creativity a bit. Personally, I'm leaning towards writing for the reader's sake, but I want to see what you guys think or maybe get some advice on which way I should go. Remember that I'm applying this to non-comedy fics too.[/FONT]