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I know multiple fics with the same trope is common in fandom, but I still feel kinda demotivated by it, because I felt like it was so unique, which makes me feel guilty. I do love the idea and the fic I wrote, but now I’m not sure if it’s worth posting because I feel like I’ll just be comparing myself to them, which would just end badly bc they’re more popular and have been writing fic longer, so it’s natural more ppl would read theirs. Can you or the blog give some advice?
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I met one of my fandom besties because I accidentally started writing a fic with the same premise that she was writing - but she couldn’t post hers because it was for an exchange. So there I was, posting my fic while she was watching and freaking out because we were even using very similar plot devices. She commented on the first couple of chapters and we started chatting a bit, but then she noped out of the fic because she was worried about them being too much the same.
She and I still ended up talking, though, and a friendship was born. We ended up with similar numbers on our fics and lots of people read them both. No one accused either of us of plagiarism and as far as I know, there wasn’t any drama about it in the fandom either.
In that situation, she’d been writing in the fandom for close to a year and it was my first ever fic for the show. That didn’t seem to hinder my readership and it certainly didn’t lower hers.
I think you’ll be fine, anon. If you love the idea, write the idea. The rest will come :)
I know multiple fics with the same trope is common in fandom, but I still feel kinda demotivated by it, because I felt like it was so unique, which makes me feel guilty. I do love the idea and the fic I wrote, but now I’m not sure if it’s worth posting because I feel like I’ll just be comparing myself to them, which would just end badly bc they’re more popular and have been writing fic longer, so it’s natural more ppl would read theirs. Can you or the blog give some advice?
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I met one of my fandom besties because I accidentally started writing a fic with the same premise that she was writing - but she couldn’t post hers because it was for an exchange. So there I was, posting my fic while she was watching and freaking out because we were even using very similar plot devices. She commented on the first couple of chapters and we started chatting a bit, but then she noped out of the fic because she was worried about them being too much the same.
She and I still ended up talking, though, and a friendship was born. We ended up with similar numbers on our fics and lots of people read them both. No one accused either of us of plagiarism and as far as I know, there wasn’t any drama about it in the fandom either.
In that situation, she’d been writing in the fandom for close to a year and it was my first ever fic for the show. That didn’t seem to hinder my readership and it certainly didn’t lower hers.
I think you’ll be fine, anon. If you love the idea, write the idea. The rest will come :)
