Pros And Cons Of Being Fanfiction

How Fake is “Fake” Writing? When you enter the room, it is pitch black, save for the eerie blue light emitting from a laptop on what looks to be a bed, but it’s hard to make it out from your position by the door. On the bed, you can see several boxes of Chinese takeout. In front of the laptop, you can make out the image of a young girl, huddled into the blankets so that she looks like a cocoon. Aside from her face, the only other part of her body emerging from the blanket were her hands, typing furiously away at her laptop. The sickly pale color of her skin, or as much as you can make out of it, leads you to believe that she has not seen real sunlight in days. When I say the term “fanfiction writer”, this is probably the image that pops into …show more content…
“Based on your definitions, fanfiction could apply to either one of them,” I told them. Jannatul shrugged. “Other than the issue of being published legally, there really is no difference between them.” Edlyn tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear. “The only reason you would place them into different categories is because fanfiction warns other people that what they're going to read is not original so it helps readers decide what to read. You know, like how Wattpad does it. They have the same elements but it's more of a differentiation thing for preference.” I pointed out that it could also help people that did not want to read original work and only fanfiction. “Exactly,” Edlyn nodded. I raised an eyebrow and stretched my arms out in front of me. “On a side note, have you ever been embarrassed to tell people that you write and read fanfiction?” Immediately, Edlyn’s eyes seemed to shine a little brighter. “Absolutely not. I don’t have shame.” Jannatul laughed, but it's short lived as she looked away from the webcam with her shoulders slightly raised. “In the beginning yeah, I thought this was a weird thing that no one [else]