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Originally Posted by Moejoe
My guide covers only 'story driven' plots as defined by the popular mono-myth.
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And it's an excellent starting point for that.
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It does not cover 'literature' in any way shape or form. In fact, I'd say that this guide should be completely ignored if you want to write literature as you would end up producing flat, dull and uninspired prose if you follow my rules.
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I'm oblivious to what "literature" is, aside from short-stories-and-novels.
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As I've never read any fanfiction and wouldn't know it from Adam, or Eve for that matter, and I still have no idea what purpose fan fiction serves - other than as an outlet for sexual fantasy or adult dress up
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1) Don't knock it if you haven't tried it
2) The current "shared world - Poe-inspired stories" project is fanfiction. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is fanfiction.
The Wind Done Gone is fanfiction. Niven's story, "Man of Steel; Woman of Kleenex" fits in the range of fanfiction.
3) Fanfiction hits a wide range of purposes. Personal fantasy & wish-fulfillment is one that catches the most media attention, but it's not the most interesting to fanfic writers & most fanfic readers. It's often a way to retell stories from a different perspective--instead of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," it's "Draco Malfoy and that brat who stole all the attention that should have been mine." Sometimes it's just a character study, a sort of review & analysis in story format. Sometimes it's a way to consider how two different fictional worlds are portrayed--what would happen if Fox Mulder discovered the Twilight vampires? Who's a better detective, Bruce Wayne or Sherlock Holmes? Sometimes fanfic fills in the gaps in the original story--either describing a missing scene, or giving a hypothetical explanation for an apparent loophole. A lot of fanfic is commentary done in story form.