A Question.

[kungfuwaynewho]

What are people's thoughts on Real Person Fiction?  Have you read any of it?  Does the very idea of RPF squick you out?  Do you think less of a writer who tries her hand at RPF?  Is there some RPF pairing you would want to read or even write but don't?  Do you have an unabashed love of RPF (and don't care who frakking knows)?

I'm not saying yet why I'm asking!  But I am curious.

Comments

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

I am saying that a helluva lot of people spend their lives writing other people's characters and never go out and try anything more, and I think that's a crying shame. It's like riding around on a bike your whole life because you're afraid to try driving the car. It's a wasted opportunity, even if it's only to discover that there are good reasons why the bike might be better for you. I have never said, "Thou Shalt Only Write Original Fiction" (see point #2). For me, it's vastly more interesting and fun; for you it's not. That is fine. At least you gave it a try.

I don't think this is necessarily applicable to everyone, though. Some people may enjoy writing but have no desire to come up with their own characters, or their own universes. Some of those people write fanfiction; some of them become studio executives. (Ba-dum-chee!) Different aspects of storytelling are attractive to different people, I guess, would be my overall thesis on this whole thing.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

"It's a wasted opportunity, even if it's only to discover that there are good reasons why the bike might be better for you."

That, right there...is what I said. Emphasis added. I said almost exactly what you just said in your comment, but in a different way, i.e., "At least give it a try and see if you like it and if not, that's cool." Can we please stop arguing over things we don't disagree on now?