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Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

A fanfic is at least trying to write in the voice of the canon unless you're just not a good enough writer to pull it off, or at least that's how many people approach it and I have no shame in being opinionated about that. So a "no pastiche" DNW is similar to "don't write in first person for a first person canon" except far less reasonable because it corners your writer into some vague technique they aren't used to and don't even know how to interpret by the requester's standards.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

I think that first sentence is utter bollocks. Fanfic is usually born out of the desire to get something else out of the fandom that canon didn't give you, and not more of the same, so trying to write in the voice of the canon is often counterproductive. Good fanfic brings out the character voices while changing the narrative voice and style. A "good enough writer" isn't limited by imitating the original creator's voice and can make the fic be in character without that.

So a "no pastiche" DNW is similar to "don't write in first person for a first person canon"

I actually agree with that, except that's a bog standard and completely reasonable DNW.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

DC

For what it's worth, I actually am very often looking for "more of the same." Like, sometimes I want "more of the same but A and B kiss." But sometimes there just wasn't enough canon for me, and I want more of it. And that's often what I think I'm signing up to write when I offer a fandom.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

I genuinely never felt that way. Fanfiction for me is about fixing the canon, not about adding more of the same. Maybe that's the basic disconnect here?

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

DC

Same. I'm usually looking for fic that feels just like a missing episode of canon where they just happened to pick all my personal favourite characters, relationships and tropes to focus on this time. If I want canon divergence it's often just because canon couldn't do every possible version at once, not because I necessarily think there's anything bad about or missing from the canon one. I'm not looking for fic to fix or change things I didn't like, just give me more endless variations of the good stuff than the canon could fit in.

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

Funny, I don't remember writing this comment ...

Re: DNW Workshop

[(Anonymous)]

This is me for all my fandoms, always.