50 Shades got popular really fast but it's written like Twilight. So people who like to read stuff like that probably helped make 50 shades popular. I have problems with the ethic's of the BDSM relationship in the book. I don't think the author knew what he/she was doing when they wrote that.
Anyway - I too am trying to turn some fan fic into original fiction. The hardest thing to do is to take out all the fan fic details and change the characters' enough so that they no longer resemble the characters of fandom. I think it's okay to do this. I won't promise that anything will become main stream though. I think 50 shades is a fluke. But, you never know and I hope your Author friend does get popular.
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Date: 2012-07-12 04:10 pm (UTC)I have problems with the ethic's of the BDSM relationship in the book. I don't think the author knew what he/she was doing when they wrote that.
Anyway - I too am trying to turn some fan fic into original fiction.
The hardest thing to do is to take out all the fan fic details and change the characters' enough so that they no longer resemble the characters of fandom.
I think it's okay to do this. I won't promise that anything will become main stream though. I think 50 shades is a fluke. But, you never know and I hope your Author friend does get popular.