Using canon characters in EQ fandom in the 80's was looked down upon as much as creating Mary Sues is looked down upon in today's media fandoms
Whoa. Cool. I didn't know there were fandoms like that. But I can definitely see that, because yeah, as you say, the universe is a star of the show in many books of those genres.
because there's no real character growth involved to pull the story to completion once the indulgence factor wears out.
Boy, do I hear you loud and clear on that. I've written lots of long fic that just peters out into non-existence because I started writing it just to get it off my head, not because I had a real point.
But yeah, on the whole I trust it. I've been writing for twenty-plus years, and if nothing else, I've got a large weight of sheer practical experience to go by in judging what works and what doesn't.
It's definitely important to be able to trust your experience. I don't think I have enough of that to actually trust, but hopefully I'll get there ;o) Thanks for your thoughts!
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Whoa. Cool. I didn't know there were fandoms like that. But I can definitely see that, because yeah, as you say, the universe is a star of the show in many books of those genres.
because there's no real character growth involved to pull the story to completion once the indulgence factor wears out.
Boy, do I hear you loud and clear on that. I've written lots of long fic that just peters out into non-existence because I started writing it just to get it off my head, not because I had a real point.
But yeah, on the whole I trust it. I've been writing for twenty-plus years, and if nothing else, I've got a large weight of sheer practical experience to go by in judging what works and what doesn't.
It's definitely important to be able to trust your experience. I don't think I have enough of that to actually trust, but hopefully I'll get there ;o) Thanks for your thoughts!