For about a year I wrote a massive Gundam 00 AU-- I answered the polls in terms of my mindset during that year.
That said... I probably only spent the amount of time I did writing in that AU universe because I was writing with three other authors and we sort of egged each other on and such-- like a round robin, only we'd write entire fics instead of just a part of a fic.
I'm still writing in that universe, but I'm writing original fic more often than I'm writing the fanfic.
And then there's the fact that the AU is so fucking far off canon that it might as well be original fic. So, I'm not sure if/how that counts? It's sort of an odd experience, and it relates back to the idea that community is a huge driving force in fic-writing for some people.
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Date: 11 May 2010 10:32 pm (UTC)That said... I probably only spent the amount of time I did writing in that AU universe because I was writing with three other authors and we sort of egged each other on and such-- like a round robin, only we'd write entire fics instead of just a part of a fic.
I'm still writing in that universe, but I'm writing original fic more often than I'm writing the fanfic.
And then there's the fact that the AU is so fucking far off canon that it might as well be original fic. So, I'm not sure if/how that counts? It's sort of an odd experience, and it relates back to the idea that community is a huge driving force in fic-writing for some people.