Fanfiction is such a great way to learn how to write. Like, you get to take these worlds and these characters created by other people, and you can play with them and explore them in ways that interest you, focusing on building your skills in dialogue, interaction, genre conventions and so forth, without having to worry about building the backstory for it yourself. That’s such a valuable thing.
Don’t let anyone tell you that fanfiction is less-than, because it’s one of the best tools out there for learning how to do the detail work of writing without having to concern yourself with the broad strokes (yet).


















