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Is something like writting worth picking up? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

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So i have dylexia and autism so im not sure, when i was little i was told i was a creative writter, people could have said that just becasue though. how do you even start writting and what makes an idea worth writting, where do i even begin? i hope to make a book one day or somethign like that maybe even a screenplay or somethign but idk, also feel free to add something if you wish too becasue im kind alost when it comes to life and hobbys. fanfic seems interesting but also cringe so im not too sure as i said also what is the point of writting fanfic.

also sorry if im aksing too many questions about hobbys and such.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think writing is worth picking up for sure. It can be quite fun for one, and also I feel that my time spent writing has made it easier for me to organise and sort through my thoughts.

how do you even start writting and what makes an idea worth writting, where do i even begin?

I seem to start by riffing off things I've absorbed and wanted to expand on - video games, songs, movies, pictures, other stories, etc. etc.

fanfic seems interesting but also cringe so im not too sure as i said also what is the point of writting fanfic.

Fanfic is cringe and I think that's what I love about it: the premise is laid out so I can walk in as a reader knowing what to expect. A well written fic will then add enough spice to make it interesting and comforting all at once.

what is the point of writting fanfic.

I feel like the goal of most fanfics is to tell the story in a way that the author felt like it should have been told, either instead of or in addition to how the story was told in the source material.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like the goal of most fanfics is to tell the story in a way the author felt like it should have bee told

This exactly! Fanfiction, when it's not just daydreaming, is opinionated critical analysis (if it's really engaging with the original story) or turning elemets of it into cultural symbols, which no one thinks is "cringe" when someone does it with old mythology.

It seems like a lot of ancient cultures often reinterpreted their myths, without much concern about what was "canonical" so long as it was still recognizable.

Now, though, and I wonder if Abrahamic religion has something to do with this, everyone's so obsessed about ownership of a story. It's got to be exactly as the original teller told it or it's wrong.