The Reason I Hate MOST Fanfiction
Fanfiction, the ever growin, overused cliche that is currently littering the net. Basically writing a story set in another author's world and mostly with other author's characters. Yet young aspiring writers choose to write this and ask me "Oh will you review my fanfic, I'm a really good writer." Often the answer is a sharp "No" and I am about to explain why.
I don't get the idea of writing something which at the end you have to disclaim that it belongs to X Author, the fun of completing a piece which you can then go onto market is taken away.
Secondly, the worldbuilding aspect is taken away, ifyou can't world build then there is little point in writing it. I find world building one of the most fun, and essential, parts of writing and without it I wouldn't have any enthusiasm for actually writing the story.
Another fanfiction hate is when people write about the characters already created, another joy of writing is removed. I love character creation, I love to see my characters dance across the page, live and breathe and smile when he does things that I have added into his personality. That is not possible when fanfic writers use the author's characters.
There just seems to be no orginality in 99% of fanfiction, it has a half-baked plot, characters by the author that arn't written correctly and poor grammar. I have not read one that I like yet.
Beware of the fanfiction murderer!
Holly Lisle’s Talyn
Well, after waiting two weeks fo AmazonUk to get the book to me I thought I would have a peek at the first chapter on opened the parcel. I read the first page, then I read the next, and the next, and the next. I was hooked onto the book and I read the first 4 chapters before putting the book down (I had to eat).
The Book opens with the main character and her friend, travelling through a normal street in the fantasy world of Hyre. We get to know about the setting and the world where Talyn lives, plus the culture of the Ancient race of Tonk. After than the plot steadily unfolds and Holly tempts us further into the book.
We learn of the base conflict, two waring nations, desperate to win a war that had gone on for three centuries. The Eastil and Tonk fight wars of Magic and Magery, not of sword so it is not surprising that the war flows out of Hyre and into the rest of the world. The mysterious Feegash come from afar and try to make peace, but Holly toys with us by insinuating that the Feegash have their own insidious agendas.
The start is fantastic as I have said and I can't wait until tonight where I shall be reading more of this adult fantasy thriller that combines the perfect balance of plot, characters and world.
