Fan Fiction Piece In Progress
Hello friends! This is my first blog post, so bear with me as I navigate the world and style of blogging. I recently began a new (and exciting) adventure in my growing writing career with The Write Practice where I hold myself accountable for writing Every. Single. Day. The goal of this Write to Publish program is to publish a beautifully polished piece after weeks of solid dedication to the craft. Currently, I am digging up a ten-year-old piece of fan fiction that I hold dear to my heart. Over the years I revised this project—brainstorming the changes to make, what aspects to keep true to the original, and if I should expand the short piece into a longer work.
I decided to pull this piece out yet again (writing only gets better with practice, right?) for fresh feedback and edits from my new community of writers. Have you read William Goldman’s The Princess Bride? I have, once. Have you watched the film adaptation directed by Rob Reiner? I have, about one thousand times (literally). The Princess Bride is my favorite movie of all time. I grew up mesmerized by Buttercup’s glowing beauty, enamored by Westley’s bravery against the hilarious Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo, and (of course) adventurously charged by the brilliant sword fights. I only just read the book a couple of years ago, finding it to be subpar when compared to the film adaptation. Realizing I read the book through the adaptation’s lens, I decided that it would not be the only time I read the book—especially if I wanted to expand my fan fiction bit.
How did I come to write this fan fiction piece? It was my first semester of community college, and the assignment was to take a fairy-tale and rewrite it as a different genre. I immediately asked permission to recreate a scene from The Princess Bride, my favorite romance film. Yes, I believed it to be wholly in the Romance genre. Inconceivable, I know. Request approved, my teacher asked in what genre I would write it. I confidently answered, “Comedy.” I remember the blank stare on her face that turned into confusion, but she asked no further questions. It wasn’t until later that night when I told my mom of my genius idea that I learned the truth.
“Honey…” she said, “that movie is a comedy.” I protested the ludicrous accusation and marched to my room to watch the film I had seen a multitude of times. My whole world changed as I noticed the INCONCEIVABLE amount humor. How had I missed this? Of course, this did NOT ruin the movie for me… it only intensified my love for it. Now, I understood my teacher’s confusion.
What genre did I end up writing the piece in? Horror. In my current revision, I added characteristics I read in the novel that were not specifically detailed in the film. Reworking my adaptation of the adaptation to include original aspects is an exciting new challenge I face with this piece, and I cannot wait to share it someday soon. If you would like to be the first to read the finished piece (hopefully within the next couple months), sign up for my newsletter T’s Talking Trees where I will send exclusive, free creative pieces of your choosing.
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