I have a story draft that was initially supposed to be a fanfic. But now I'm reviewing and thinking if I should still post it as a fanfic.
I'm thinking of making original characters—hey I'm even in the mood for naming characters. Sounds like a plan.
I know it will affect my readership. But you see, my one and only fanfic here which I poured my heart out into making has been quite affected by what happened to one of the characters in real life. I know somehow his image in my story will be influenced by his image in real life. Which sucks. Because he's one of the mains.
Now I want to make something that won't be affected by those. However, I'm also aware that lots of people read that fanfic because it is a fanfic. We just wanted something to satiate our hunger for the presence of our idols, right?
While I'm still trying to catch the rhythm back - pertaining to writing that story coz I still want to finish it (even if wattpad is so quiet now lol) - there's another story I'm cooking in the kitchen and this time, I think I want the characters to be my original characters. People may not care about it coz it does not feature our idols, but it will also be safe from such aggravating feelings when something happens in real life. I mean, I'd probably just be using EXO if it would be a fanfic and I trust EXO, but...I just want the characters to be something I own.
This story is inspired by my love for animes so it would be fun. I hope so.
What do you guys think? If you were ever one of my readers before, would you read a work of mine that isn't fanfic?