A while ago, I interviewed my readers for a change, and my final question was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I got some great responses and will be picking out some of the questions from time to time to ask the rest of you. Like now.
Pepca asks
Have you every written any fan-fiction? If yes, why and for which book(s)? If no, would you like to and for which books(s)?
For that matter, do you ever READ fan-fiction??
Now, i was thinking about this the other day. I’d love to write some sort of fan fiction properly, having had to do it once for a school project. We studied the book Holes by Louis Sachar, but this was way before the movie was released and became so famous. We had to write a short story about what happens to the children once they had left Camp Green Lake. Now, I read this back a couple of years ago and it was nothing short of terrible. But, in my defence, I was only about 11 or 12 at the time.
I’d like to write something, but i think it would have to be done very carefully because i wouldn’t want to disrespect the original book in any way. I’m not sure what sort of book i would like to use, but it wouldn’t be anything really popular like the Harry Potter series or Twilight, just because they are so popular and people are so familiar with them.
I read a little bit on a couple of blogs sometimes, but its not something that i do religiously.
I once tried to rewrite Frankenstein from the Monster’s point of view and worked on it for weeks in a blue jotter. I was, however, only 7 or 8 at the time and was only going on the Hammer Horror films rather than the original novel and looking back, it must have been dire – LOL!
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That sounds like a fun project, even if you were so young. I think the monster gets a really bad rap!
i think the monster does too!
Wow! I had to do something a little bit simular while i was studying for A levels, but i gave up on it and had to do something else!
That’s an awesome school project. We had to do one where we rewrote Beowulf which was a bit random in what people did – some just wrote the story again, some really changed it, and I did it as a flashback. It was a ton of fun though
My BTT post is here if you’d like a look
Wow, thats a good idea to do it as a flashback, am now going to check your post out
Your school projects sound way more fun than any of mine!
And as long as you have fun and don’t disrespect the author, I don’t see it as a bad thing
I loved my english lesson projects, they were the best! I would have to get the authors permission, i would hate do do something that they didnt like!
Yeah I don’t think I could ever write anything, I’ll keep it all in my head for now. Here’s my BTT
Happy Reading!
Cathy @ Addicted to Books
hehe, now having a look at your answer
Thanks for sharing your answer!
Mine can be found here.
Happy Reading!
Nice answer.
here’s mine:
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/02/booking-through-thursday_16.html
We never had to do anything like that in school. It does sound like a fun assignment for kids that age!
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Maybe I’d have liked writing fiction better in school if we’d been given an assignement like that. I hope you get around to it some day.
Was not sure what Fan-fiction was, never heard the name before, but here is my answer: http://edwardsgranddaugther.blogspot.com/2012/02/fan-fiction.html