Fanfiction has always been open. The entire *POINT* of fanfiction is that anyone and everyone who feels so moved can sit down and play with these characters, stories, and worlds. Believe me that those people you think can't write were writing before there was fanfiction.net. Fanfiction is an attempt of the masses to take back the central myths of our culture because throughout human history mythology and storytelling has been the property of no one and the inspiration of many.
In the end, the point of writing fanfiction is that you love the character(s), the universe, the story, the concept. It is that we as humans constantly reinvent and retell the stories that move us. It is for our own enjoyment as writers, and for the enjoyment of our readers. If you're ashamed to say that you write fanfic, then that's up to you, but don't blame it on the works of others. If you don't like the opinions that people on the outside hold about who does or doesn't write fanfiction, or whether or not it's valuable, then work to change them. Don't just bitch about the people you think are beneath you, because all you're doing by attacking other fanfic writers is, in the end, supporting the elitist ideas that caused those preconceptions in the first place.
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Date: 2006-08-25 01:09 am (UTC)In the end, the point of writing fanfiction is that you love the character(s), the universe, the story, the concept. It is that we as humans constantly reinvent and retell the stories that move us. It is for our own enjoyment as writers, and for the enjoyment of our readers. If you're ashamed to say that you write fanfic, then that's up to you, but don't blame it on the works of others. If you don't like the opinions that people on the outside hold about who does or doesn't write fanfiction, or whether or not it's valuable, then work to change them. Don't just bitch about the people you think are beneath you, because all you're doing by attacking other fanfic writers is, in the end, supporting the elitist ideas that caused those preconceptions in the first place.