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EkemWrites: Fandoms/Fanfiction is what I believe to be the beginning stages of an author's journey. For me especially; when a person has grown so attached to a character, setting, or genre, enough that they can build upon it, they are free to create entirely new worlds or timelines out of these existing ideas. They are inspired by so much they can, technically, 'reinvent the wheel'.
It is love at its finest, a bond that cannot be cut, and an origin story that can lead to adventures and stories that can revolutionize what we know and what we do not. And when you age from it like I have, and reach new heights you wouldn't have thought possible (had it not been for your innate love of fanfictions at the start) it means so much more than you know.
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EkemWrites: In 4th grade I stumbled across a series called Warrior Cats, by Erin Hunter. I thought little of it, and I wasn't much of a cat person. But between 5th-8th grade, I succumbed to a non-stop reading hunt for these books, tearing through every arc, spin-off, prequel, sequel, and backstory like a rabid fox. The action, the thrills, the backstabbing, the surprises -- it was like going through a Netflix series in your head! It got to the point where the people close to me forced me to leave my fantasy world and read non-fiction books or literary novels prior to high school. And that greatly bothered me.
So, I figured, why not throw my own mind into the books? I wanted to see what would happen if the book went in another direction, if I introduced a new character, a new storyline, a new prophecy... how could I keep that muffled fantasy of mine alive? How could I keep my childhood alive? I started on WFW first, writing stories about other people's oc's backstories into one anthology. When I moved to Wattpad, my love for Warrior Cats fizzled out (I was growing up), and I transitioned to dragons, then dinosaurs, and then Jurassic World (my final fanfics).
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