The drive to write fanfic, like being gay, is an intrinsic part of personality and psyche, and not removable without bizarre brainwashing techniques which pretty much destroy the entire personal identity.
The drive to write maybe. I'm a queer writer. I cannot divorce myself from one thing or the other. As liz_marcs points out, writers have been persecuted for their writing. And as her original post explains, gay men and women have been persecuted for their sexuality.
Fan fiction writers - that's a whole other ballgame. I have little authority to speak on that matter. Very occasionally I am inspired by a television series to write a short story or a script. Actually, for years I wanted to get into TV and wrote a heap of spec scripts - which is really in no way different to writing fan fic, except for the intent. So I get the idea you can be inspired to write fan fic - but I kind of balk at the idea that this is as intrinsic to you as my sexuality is to me.
I'm queer because I am queer. I write because I am a writer.
Marriage and fan fic hold little interest for me - but I understand why people want them. But beyond that the comparison is terribly weak.
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The drive to write maybe. I'm a queer writer. I cannot divorce myself from one thing or the other. As
Fan fiction writers - that's a whole other ballgame. I have little authority to speak on that matter. Very occasionally I am inspired by a television series to write a short story or a script. Actually, for years I wanted to get into TV and wrote a heap of spec scripts - which is really in no way different to writing fan fic, except for the intent. So I get the idea you can be inspired to write fan fic - but I kind of balk at the idea that this is as intrinsic to you as my sexuality is to me.
I'm queer because I am queer. I write because I am a writer.
Marriage and fan fic hold little interest for me - but I understand why people want them. But beyond that the comparison is terribly weak.