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Fic Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: BSB-Chick-101♥ on December 18, 2008, 04:23:54 PM
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Why do writers lose their interest in fan fiction, cause I don't about you all but fan fiction is my escape into my own little world. And I was just wondering if it's one of their "passions" then why do they just give it up? ???
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Well really it's only their business why they lose interest but there's many reasons.
People lose interest in lots of things. Sometimes they find something else that they're more passionate about, and other times they just get frustrated and stop.
It's the same with anything else, really. I know personally I was really into skating for all of my life, completely consumed by it and I got burned out, and eventually got tired of watching everyone else enjoy it while I had come to hate it so I moved on.
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I know for me personally, I haven't lost interest at all... I've just lost time. I'm hoping to be able to start up again after the season, but I think sometimes people just grow and have careers or families and what they once did for fun has to take a backseat to everything else in life after that. I don't every want to lose the enjoyment myself because it truly is the escape from reality... the time when I can create a world outside of my own... and I love it.
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I know for me personally, I haven't lost interest at all... I've just lost time. I'm hoping to be able to start up again after the season, but I think sometimes people just grow and have careers or families and what they once did for fun has to take a backseat to everything else in life after that. I don't every want to lose the enjoyment myself because it truly is the escape from reality... the time when I can create a world outside of my own... and I love it.
It's absolutely a time thing too. Most of us started this hobby back when school was the focus (whether it be high school or college) and the majority of writing got done during holidays but once you're in a full time job, and start relationships, and families, etc... things that you never thought you'd want to give up just kind of drift to the background for a time.
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For me it just grew into something more. I still love the BSB but the fan fiction doesn't appeal to me as much anymore as the original fiction. I get tired of the same characters over and over and the same story lines over and over. I used to read and write a ton of fan fic and like Julilly said, it's a matter of getting burned out on it. Now I have to take long breaks between reading stories and I'm way more picky about what I like and what will hold my interest.
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I think it's sad when people lose interest in something they were once passionate about too, but it happens. People grow up, they change, they get busy, they get interested in other hobbies that take the place of the old ones... But it's still sad to see great writers lose interest in writing.
Personally, I can't fathom losing interest in writing or in writing Bsb fic at this point. I don't even do it as much as I used to, mostly due to a lack of time and energy, but I still love it when I can do it. It just doesn't occupy my thoughts as much as it used to... and I think that's mostly due to growing up, starting a career, and having so many other things to think about LOL. But I look forward to those times when I can afford not to think about anything else and escape into that little fanfic world. YAY WINTER BREAK!! :)
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For me it just grew into something more. I still love the BSB but the fan fiction doesn't appeal to me as much anymore as the original fiction. I get tired of the same characters over and over and the same story lines over and over. I used to read and write a ton of fan fic and like Julilly said, it's a matter of getting burned out on it. Now I have to take long breaks between reading stories and I'm way more picky about what I like and what will hold my interest.
I knew we still shared the same brain lol But, no, seriously, for me it's a matter of interest and wanting to expand beyond just the BSB world because AUs weren't cutting it for me, and then, on top of that, it was a matter of time as well. I haven't had the time or, at least, any stress free time, so my energy to write anything dried up. Then, when I did find some energy, I wanted new characters, characters of my own, so I went into original fiction.
Writing is definitely my escape...just not BSB fic as much anymore.
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Personally, I can't fathom losing interest in writing or in writing Bsb fic at this point. I don't even do it as much as I used to, mostly due to a lack of time and energy, but I still love it when I can do it. It just doesn't occupy my thoughts as much as it used to... and I think that's mostly due to growing up, starting a career, and having so many other things to think about LOL. But I look forward to those times when I can afford not to think about anything else and escape into that little fanfic world. YAY WINTER BREAK!! :)
I don't think I'll lose my intrest in fan fiction until I'm like, 37 or something, 19 years down the road, aha. Anyway, I dont have as much time to do it either with school and all that shit. But I still write every change I get. So, I'm agreeing with you 1.000.000% here!! :D
I so agree!! People do grow up but still they grew up with this, if they lose intrest they lose intrest, but if they do get older, which they will, they should still put some effort into it, even just a short story about the boys now and then is perfectly fine. And....
DOUBLE YAY FOR WINTER BREAK!!! :) :) :)
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It's a lot easier to make the time when you're still in school, trust me.
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It's a lot easier to make the time AND still be interested when you have the time to devote to such interests. When you're worried about work and all the details of living your life after school, it's a lot harder to find the time to write even a short story. I don't blame or judge people who've stopped writing or don't have the time. It's part of life and growing older. It's not like we writers owe the fandom anything.
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I don't know if growing up has a lot to do with it. I know for me it's more to do with current trends in fanfic. If I can't find anything to read that inspires me I lose interest. I wrote the most when I was also reading the most. If there are tons of story out there to inspire you it's easy to come up with that extra push to want to write. At least for me, that's how it was.
Time like everyone has said, is also an issue. When you are so busy it almost feels like homework to have to write a chapter and that's when it stops being fun.
I am passionate about writing but yet I have a hard time motivating myself to do it. I'm not sure why that is and i'm trying to figure it out. I'm not as passionate about fanfic anymore, but every once in a while, I have those moments where I feel that zing again. I just need it to stay lol
Once again, can I just blame Kevin?
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^ That's a good point too; I definitely don't read as much as I used to, and reading inspires me to write, so that could be why I don't spend all the free time I have writing anymore LOL. I still think it all goes back to time, but the fact that it's hard to find new stories that hook me is surely part of it too. I've been making a lot more time to read for fun than I was ever able to do when I was in college, but I've been reading "real books," not fanfics. I'm not saying there aren't good stories out there anymore, cause I know there are; I'm just pickier than I used to be with fanfics and have a hard time finding new stories that I actually get into.
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^ Same here. I haven't read a fanfic in a looong time. I have been reading a ton of books though.
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^ me too! I've read a TON of books this year. Maybe that's why I've been more into the original fiction. Because my reading focus went from fan fic to original fic.
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Ditto. I've devoured a ton of OF. Books and online fic.
The only fanfiction I was able to dabble in reading was based off the anime Inuyasha and that's because the idea (involving timetravel, demons, and reincarnation) is something I adore.
I've gotten so picky with BSB fanfic, but I think it's also because there's a lot less variety than there used to be. And that really bugs me to see all 3 recent pages be nothing but romance with similar plots...for example.
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I think for me personally my interests just change and the things I want to spend my free time on become different. Not that I don't still love BSB, I do, and fan fic is still fun for me to write, but I spend my time with my mind pre occupied with other things. I'm just finishing college and starting out my career, so that's kept me busy and that's what I've been focusing on and having fun doing.
But that's just me. When I was a teenager I was way into anime and stuff, couldn't get enough of it. Now I'm not so much into it, but I'll watch the occasional show if I've heard it's good. So I guess this is sort of the same as that.
Not to say I'm going to quit writing fan fic, definitely not. That's just the reason I've slowed down a bit. When I first started writing again (about a year ago) I was super crazy about it and updated every day. Now that I've eased into it and it's not all fresh and new anymore, it's still fun, but it doesn't consume my every thought.
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I know for me personally, I haven't lost interest at all... I've just lost time. I'm hoping to be able to start up again after the season, but I think sometimes people just grow and have careers or families and what they once did for fun has to take a backseat to everything else in life after that. I don't every want to lose the enjoyment myself because it truly is the escape from reality... the time when I can create a world outside of my own... and I love it.
Agreed 100% wholeheartedly .
I haven't lost interest in writing it, I just am super busy with work right now, & Christmas. And the rest of the year, well, I start new stories 'cause I've all these ideas, & then writer's block hits & I get stuck & leave it for months on end, until inspiration finally strikes me again. :)
~Lenni~
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I'm only a junior in high school, but I have so many adult responsibiliti es (doing my banking, working 30 hours a week, paying bills, and taking care of my mom who's been in and out of the hospital for a few months, plus church commitments), I don't have time to read fan fics, let alone write!
And even when I do have the time, I have no interest because I know that it will be so long before I have time again that I'll either forget what's happened in the story I was reading, or I just won't be able to keep a good focus on my writing.
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I definitely agree that time and RL are big issues. I know that when I went to Japan, I was so busy experiencing real life that when I did go online, I barely had the time to pursue the things I used to be interested in (online games, forums, fanfic). And since I was no longer surrounding myself with a fanfic community, it wasn't in my thoughts--fanfic was no longer a priority for me.
As for making the leap to original fiction... I'm an avid reader so I do a lot of reading outside of fanfic, but when it comes to my own writing, I have to admit that personally I have little interest in writing original fiction.
I think it's because, as a character, Nick just does it for me; I don't want to have little fantasies if they don't revolve around him. Haha, reading that over, I think it sounds kind of lame. What I mean to say is that in the absence of a character I adore, I lack the motivation to create, and even after all these years, none of my original characters light my fire quite like Nick does. :P What a muse!
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^ LOL I'm kind of the same way right now. I would love to write original fiction someday, but at this point, I haven't had many ideas that NEED to be OF... I can always adapt them to Bsb fic, and so I do. That's where my love is right now. Why make up some random guy when I can write about a real guy I already love? That's the way I see it. I have been into writing AU lately, and AU is kind of the bridge between fanfic and original fic, so who knows... maybe in the next few years, I'll be ready to transition. Before I do that, though, I really just want to finish a completely AU fic that I can then turn into an "original fic" by changing names LOL.
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I've just been SOOOO busy lately and as other people have mentioned your priorities shift. Right now I'm working two jobs, struggling with car payments, student loans, credit card bills... I'm currently approaching a big fork in my life where I need to consider the option of moving out of state for a job or going back to school or just plain trying to pursue another occupation, so right now when I do get a free moment to open up one of my stories and I look at my characters problems they just seem so insignfigant to me. Not to mention I'm usually dead tired by the time I come home. I sometimes work like 13 hour days and I try to still maintain some friendships and stuff. I'm hoping that this is just a funk and when I get my biz together I'll have more time to write. It's just been a really crazy past few months.