From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 22:01:54 -0500, "Brian M. Scott"   
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   rec.arts.sf.composition:   
      
   > On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 18:40:50 -0800 (PST), "J.Pascal"   
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   >> I was wondering who'd committed fan fiction (and was   
   >> willing to confess) and what effect you think it had on   
   >> your writing ability and career?   
      
   > I have rarely attempted fiction, having convinced myself at   
   > a very early age that while I could write very good   
   > expository prose, I simply wasn’t a storyteller.  However,   
   > one of the two best pieces of fiction that I have written   
   > qualifies as fan fiction, I suppose: it’s the story of   
   > another incident in the long career of John Brunner’s   
   > Traveller in Black.  (The other is a kids’ read-aloud   
   > story.)   
      
   Forgot to mention: it was probably in large part the   
   stylized language of Brunner’s stories that drew me.  The   
   fact that they have a fairly set structure may also have   
   played a role, in that it gave me more to work with.   
      
   Brian   
   --   
   It was the neap tide, when the baga venture out of their   
   holes to root for sandtatties.  The waves whispered   
   rhythmically over the packed sand: haggisss, haggisss,   
   haggisss.   
      
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