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I don't write fanfiction, but I can understand why people write it. The world-building and the characterization are already done; writers can concentrate on the story-telling - so much easier for beginners. They can explore the 'what ifs' and write about secondary characters that the author has neglected but who have captured the imagination of the fan-base. And of course, keep on living in a world they love. It's a good training, not so different to writing an original story and realizing in the end that you have been plagiarizing your favorite author all along.
Then, there are the communities. I wish fanfiction had been around when I was a teenager. I love that there are young people out there who write, post it on the internet and other people from around the world write their opinions on it, help the writer to improve or just gosh about it. I remember how alone I felt when I was a teenager and liked writing, no one else I knew shared my interest or wanted to read my stories and eventually, I stopped writing
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