thirty days of fanfic, day twenty-one
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jlh(list of questions can be found at day one)
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21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
Absolutely! I just posted a sequel to a fic that I wrote and posted nine years ago. The sequel had been in my head for a really long time, and I think I just had to wait until my writing skills and confidence caught up to the story I wanted to write.
In fact, nearly all my fics happen in one universe and get self-referential. All the Ryan/Simon non-AU fics are in the same 'verse; all the Harry Potter non-gift fics are in the 'verse set up by EWFS; nearly all the non-AU Jim/Bones fics are about the same guys (not obviously so, but in my head); and of course all the Duckie/Cameron fics are in one 'verse.
I really like sequels a lot, actually. Once you've signed on for someone's universe, it's fun to be able to keep visiting it. And as a writer, once you've created a universe it's fun to write in it again. I find that people are a little more accepting of established relationship fics if the writer has already done the how-they-got-together work in another fic. (As a reader, I don't need that; I can happily accept an established relationship fic that doesn't do all that work.) This is even more true for AU fics, at least for me; I keep wanting to take out those particular people and see where they're at.
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21 – Sequels – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why, and if not, how do you feel about sequels?
Absolutely! I just posted a sequel to a fic that I wrote and posted nine years ago. The sequel had been in my head for a really long time, and I think I just had to wait until my writing skills and confidence caught up to the story I wanted to write.
In fact, nearly all my fics happen in one universe and get self-referential. All the Ryan/Simon non-AU fics are in the same 'verse; all the Harry Potter non-gift fics are in the 'verse set up by EWFS; nearly all the non-AU Jim/Bones fics are about the same guys (not obviously so, but in my head); and of course all the Duckie/Cameron fics are in one 'verse.
I really like sequels a lot, actually. Once you've signed on for someone's universe, it's fun to be able to keep visiting it. And as a writer, once you've created a universe it's fun to write in it again. I find that people are a little more accepting of established relationship fics if the writer has already done the how-they-got-together work in another fic. (As a reader, I don't need that; I can happily accept an established relationship fic that doesn't do all that work.) This is even more true for AU fics, at least for me; I keep wanting to take out those particular people and see where they're at.
