Writer's Block: Sheldon and Penny 4ever!

[zhie]

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500+ fics into the Tolkien fandom, I better love it...

I think it's great for people who want to write, and want to share, but don't want to worry about people stealing their original characters or worlds. (I had a play stolen from me once, it's not a happy thing to deal with.) So I like the 'safety' of fanfiction, and, since I have no plans to be a professional writer, it's all good.

Besides, some people do end up professionally writing about characters other people created (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Fables).

Comments

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

Also Sherlock Holmes... almost every writer has done a Sherlock!

[zhie.livejournal.com]

You're right! I totally forgot about Holmes... there's really quite a few if you start going through them, plus the 'types' of characters (like, vampires, for instance) that are made famous by one writer and then keep on popping up as the focus through the years.