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all debates abt the artistic merits of fanfiction fail to recognize the purpose of fic. you don’t write fic to be published or to learn how to construct a narrative although you can use it to develop style. you write it so that your friends will message you “bestie you’re utterly deranged for this one im eating dirt”

you know those ppl who are like ‘fanfic can be good to get started but

it’s bad because then you never learn how to write your own from <https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you%20know%20those%20ppl%20who%20are%20like%20'fanfic%20can%20be%20good%20to%20get%20started%20but%20it's%20bad%20because%20then%20you%20never%20learn%20how%20to%20write%20your%20own%20from>#scratch’ ? lmao <https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/scratch'%20%3f%20lmao>#like imagine walking up to someone planting flowers and being like ‘that’s a START but ultimately it won’t teach you how to genetically <https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/like%20imagine%20walking%20up%20to%20someone%20planting%20flowers%20and%20being%20like%20'that's%20a%20start%20but%20ultimately%20it%20won't%20teach%20you%20how%20to%20genetically>#engineer your ideal fruit tree’ <https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/engineer%20your%20ideal%20fruit%20tree'>#like. you have extrapolated a goal that was never implied here https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/like.%20you%20have%20extrapolated%20a%20goal%20that%20was%20never%20implied%20here

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