tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144844961496270733.post8917131329332838044..comments2023-10-31T07:23:10.604-04:00Comments on First Novels Club: Nerd Alert!Donna Gambalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317767593205769881noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144844961496270733.post-45708433623699162412009-11-06T16:28:04.398-05:002009-11-06T16:28:04.398-05:00"The point is, all of this roleplaying and fa..."The point is, all of this roleplaying and fanfiction, aside from making me an even bigger nerd than I already was, made me so much stronger as a writer."<br /><br />Those are my thoughts EXACTLY. I fan-fictioned my little heart out in high school. (We must be about the same age, by the way--I'm turning 25 next Friday.) I wrote stories based on Xena and Labyrinth. Though I OD-ed on Tammy's books at the time too I never wrote stories based on books I read. Not sure why! But writing fan-fiction was perfect for practicing dialogue and plotting without having to form whole new worlds and characters from scratch. Though I didn't think of it as practice at the time. It was just plain fun! <br /><br />Where are you with your WIP right now? Email me at rhi.hart at gmail.com, I'd love so much to hear about it.<br /><br />Oh lordy, just looking at the livejournal timeline now. Epic!! <br /><br />There's been a resurgence of Tammy-love with us twenty-ish bloggers recently which makes me so happy. I hope today's teens are picking up some of her older books. I'm rereading Wild Magic right now. So many happy memories!Rhiannon Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611927348379723038noreply@blogger.com