I defend fanfiction as a writing activity that can help people to write their first stories, useful even though they are borrowing someone else's characters and world. The first stories that I wrote were fanfics, so I believe that there is some value in writing Fanfictions.
A very good point. Many authors started from fanfics and went on to write original works. This is not to say this is a rule which MUST absolutely be followed.
On the other side of this. Does this mean an author being a fan of their own works and worlds and writing stories based on works make those new works fan fiction too. So every sequel I write based on one of my worlds and works is a fan fiction of myself? Or if I'm a fan of my work in progress, does that make my work in progress a fan fiction too, even though it's the only work based on that world?
Ok I think I just hut my brain.
Omg. I think you're not writing a fan fiction of yourself, since you're the author.
Fanfiction, on the other hand, requires a huge amount of research if you want to do it right. I'm not that hardcore, but I've seen fanfic writers that pay attention to every single detail. Such dedication is to be commended, in my opinion.
This is true. I've spent hours to figure out if a particular idea of mine works or not.