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There are some very interesting tricks I've noticed when writing a fan fiction, mainly the ways of getting around the unknowable.
First things first, which is a must because if you did first things last, they bloody well wouldn't be first would they? So I've begun to write a Buffy fanfic, and I've done what a good many of us drooling fanboys have always wanted to do, and what many others have done before me, I've written myself into the Buffyverse. Of course, from what I've seen, there aren't hardly any other writers doing in the exact same fashion as I am, but that's part of the point. Anyhoo, I've written myself as having possessed the body of funny boy Xander and passed off the change in personality as amnesia due to a head injury, but here's the thing: there's a hell of a lot of little important bits of information that would be very important for my character to know. Again, the ignorance can be passed off as amnesia, but that doesn't mean I still know any of the facts. For instance, has Xander always lived in the basement, or did it happen sometime in season 3 or 4? How much money does he get from his parents every week (important when wanting to buy beautiful things for beautiful girls)? Does he keep girly magazines, and if so, where? Does Willow have a middle name? Just what exactly are his parents like? What are Willow's parents like? Where exactly is his house and classes in relationship to everything else?
The point of all the questions is that I'm trying to keep within the set parameters of the known Buffyverse with the exception of Xander not actually being Xander. Even my character will be trying to act as much like Xander as he can recall, but there's still all those loose ends. Luckily, I've finally recognized one of the major tricks used by tv people, although they often use it for different reasons. The trick is to just skip over the meaningless, or mundane aspects of regular life in order to stay interesting and within the time limits. However, I've found a much more helpful use for time skipping - being able to learn all of the important little details without actually knowing any of them.
A point of interest for myself that I have noticed is that even when writing myself into such a thing, even then I am not completely myself. Even when I am in a world of my own creation, I cannot muster the courage to truly be myself. Perhaps part of the problem is that I know at certain points I want people to read what I have written, being a complement whore and all, but I think it does tend to make me retract a little bit. Of course, there's always the fact that it's hard to truly write completely myself at any time, especially when the story's not even real...
Ah well. *goes back to writing*
First things first, which is a must because if you did first things last, they bloody well wouldn't be first would they? So I've begun to write a Buffy fanfic, and I've done what a good many of us drooling fanboys have always wanted to do, and what many others have done before me, I've written myself into the Buffyverse. Of course, from what I've seen, there aren't hardly any other writers doing in the exact same fashion as I am, but that's part of the point. Anyhoo, I've written myself as having possessed the body of funny boy Xander and passed off the change in personality as amnesia due to a head injury, but here's the thing: there's a hell of a lot of little important bits of information that would be very important for my character to know. Again, the ignorance can be passed off as amnesia, but that doesn't mean I still know any of the facts. For instance, has Xander always lived in the basement, or did it happen sometime in season 3 or 4? How much money does he get from his parents every week (important when wanting to buy beautiful things for beautiful girls)? Does he keep girly magazines, and if so, where? Does Willow have a middle name? Just what exactly are his parents like? What are Willow's parents like? Where exactly is his house and classes in relationship to everything else?
The point of all the questions is that I'm trying to keep within the set parameters of the known Buffyverse with the exception of Xander not actually being Xander. Even my character will be trying to act as much like Xander as he can recall, but there's still all those loose ends. Luckily, I've finally recognized one of the major tricks used by tv people, although they often use it for different reasons. The trick is to just skip over the meaningless, or mundane aspects of regular life in order to stay interesting and within the time limits. However, I've found a much more helpful use for time skipping - being able to learn all of the important little details without actually knowing any of them.
A point of interest for myself that I have noticed is that even when writing myself into such a thing, even then I am not completely myself. Even when I am in a world of my own creation, I cannot muster the courage to truly be myself. Perhaps part of the problem is that I know at certain points I want people to read what I have written, being a complement whore and all, but I think it does tend to make me retract a little bit. Of course, there's always the fact that it's hard to truly write completely myself at any time, especially when the story's not even real...
Ah well. *goes back to writing*
