I know there's some larger ships/fandoms where I'm a bit intimidated by how many fics exist for it, and I think "eh, what am I gonna add to this that someone hasn't already done better?" but if I got hyperfixated on that ship/fandom I might write my fics anyway.
I once murmured that the story I wanted to write had probably already been written, and a friend pointed out "but the story you'll write is the version that you'd write, not anyone else; that makes it different and worth writing" and I've always remembered that when I've thought about writing a re-version of something.
People are either too scared to comment or too embarrassed, when I feel like that barrier never really existed much back in the LJ days.
I wonder if some of it is 'millenial anxiety' - rather like not answering the phone.
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I once murmured that the story I wanted to write had probably already been written, and a friend pointed out "but the story you'll write is the version that you'd write, not anyone else; that makes it different and worth writing" and I've always remembered that when I've thought about writing a re-version of something.
People are either too scared to comment or too embarrassed, when I feel like that barrier never really existed much back in the LJ days.
I wonder if some of it is 'millenial anxiety' - rather like not answering the phone.