[guncannon109]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Can someone here teach me the basics of fanfic writing? Do you guys read a lot or something?

I mostly just write them.

There's not much to teach really. If you've done any form of creative writing in the past it's just that but with characters from a movie or tv series. All I can say is try to write something worth reading that fits into the show in some way and whichever characters you choose to use be sure that they act the way the would in the source material. You can develop them in anyway you want, just so long as the start out the same as they were in the original.

[Matrixbeast]

Ironically, I hate reading fanfics. They're always too fanwanky.

Just write what you like, and boom. You got it.

[guncannon109]

So Heart Song is proving to be a fairly... interesting project.

[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by guncannon109

I mostly just write them.

There's not much to teach really. If you've done any form of creative writing in the past it's just that but with characters from a movie or tv series. All I can say is try to write something worth reading that fits into the show in some way and whichever characters you choose to use be sure that they act the way the would in the source material. You can develop them in anyway you want, just so long as the start out the same as they were in the original.

Thanks. How do you improve your writing? Read a lot? Write a lot and get people to critique your work? Attend writing workshops?

[guncannon109]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Thanks. How do you improve your writing? Read a lot? Write a lot and get people to critique your work? Attend writing workshops?

Pretty much a combination these two. I've never attended a workshop in the eighteen years I've been on this planet.

In other news I should have the first chapter of Heart Song finished sometime soon.

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Thanks. How do you improve your writing? Read a lot? Write a lot and get people to critique your work? Attend writing workshops?

All of those.

[Matrixbeast]

Unless you're me. In which case you just write a lot and have others read and critique it. Reading a lot will expand your horizons, though, so I would definitely recommend doing so.

[ComicGuy89]

Question is...what to read? Should you have a target of things to read, or just read naturally.

Sadly 99.9% of things I read are from the Internet now. Haven't picked up a novel since...the Hunger Games trilogy.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Question is...what to read? Should you have a target of things to read, or just read naturally.

Sadly 99.9% of things I read are from the Internet now. Haven't picked up a novel since...the Hunger Games trilogy.

I think you should read fanfics, as well as whatever novels strike your fancy.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Question is...what to read? Should you have a target of things to read, or just read naturally.

Sadly 99.9% of things I read are from the Internet now. Haven't picked up a novel since...the Hunger Games trilogy.

I learned to write because I read a lot of books. The books that I read were the books that I found to be interesting. When I first attempted to write a novel, I copied the formatting of novels that I had read before a reference for grammar. As my vocabulary expanded, so did my utilization of complex words. Eventually, I developed my own style and my own way with words.

Writing isn't something that's taught. It's something that is learned.