Oh yes, in fanfic you have more freedom to AU not only canon but your own stories - or write stories that are different, but have a common idea (like, for eg, Rodney as a Pegasus native - I've several versions of that idea, though only one has been published!).
Of course, it does depend on your attitude to fanfic. For me, I see it as a place to play with my ideas - all of them - and if my writing improves, then that's an added bonus. But it's not my focus - in fact, I realised recently that I've been focussing so much on improving my writing/story-telling, that it had become a chore not a joy. So, future fics might not be as well-rounded as, say, The Journey, but I'm not going to apologise for that. It's either not get so worried and caught up in fine details, or stop writing once the current WIP is finished. I'm hoping people would prefer the former, not the latter! *bg*
There are other people, though, who see fanfic as a way to improve their writing and launch themselves into original fic and publication, and so they will take it much more seriously. But even then, you have more freedom to play with canon - and you don't have to world build from scratch, so it's easier too!
I don't think original fic is for me, though I have a greater admiration for those who can write it, and write it well, since starting my fanfic journey a few years ago! How do you do it? Hold an entire original world in your head? I struggle to world build for my SGA AUs, let alone from scratch! And original characters? Sometimes I can do them, but often not!!
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Of course, it does depend on your attitude to fanfic. For me, I see it as a place to play with my ideas - all of them - and if my writing improves, then that's an added bonus. But it's not my focus - in fact, I realised recently that I've been focussing so much on improving my writing/story-telling, that it had become a chore not a joy. So, future fics might not be as well-rounded as, say, The Journey, but I'm not going to apologise for that. It's either not get so worried and caught up in fine details, or stop writing once the current WIP is finished. I'm hoping people would prefer the former, not the latter! *bg*
There are other people, though, who see fanfic as a way to improve their writing and launch themselves into original fic and publication, and so they will take it much more seriously. But even then, you have more freedom to play with canon - and you don't have to world build from scratch, so it's easier too!
I don't think original fic is for me, though I have a greater admiration for those who can write it, and write it well, since starting my fanfic journey a few years ago! How do you do it? Hold an entire original world in your head? I struggle to world build for my SGA AUs, let alone from scratch! And original characters? Sometimes I can do them, but often not!!
No, original fic is NOT for me!! *bg*