I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design.
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Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.
A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music.
When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.
Writers are just like other people, except slightly more obsessed.
I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.
From its beginning, fan fiction has been written mostly by women. Originally, this was because of a dearth of interesting female characters in conventional sci-fi.
There's always a bit of fiction in everything that I write.
Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.
Without writers, none of the entertainment would exist. It starts with writers. Writers are the most important piece of the entire puzzle.
Like most writers, I read deeply into the genre in which I write.