07.04
There’s really nothing new when it comes to fan fiction. If I look real hard at all of my stories, I can see elements of something I’ve read somewhere else in them. Sure, some are more original than others (the Buffy-librarian story being a prime example) but if I squint hard enough I can at least see the influence of things I’ve read.
And, occasionally, I will run across what I’m sure was an original idea of mine echoed in someone else’s fic. Flattering in some respects even though I’m sure the fic writer doesn’t know or realize that they aren’t the first writer to use that idea. (And I don’t have a big enough ego to think someone got the idea from one of my fics when I see it. It’s the “million monkey” theory of fic ideas. )
And original ideas? Not always good idea.
I think every fic writer has that one good idea. That idea that reaches beyond simple fan fiction and can grow into an original story.
I won’t say what mine is. Which fic I’ve written/am writing that I think would work as an original story. What plot idea is something I’m hoping to turn into something worth reading in a non-fan fiction kind of way.
