From the Ted Talk by Cecilia Aragon: The creativity and community behind fanfiction
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Here’s an example. One author told us she started writing fanfiction at age 13 when she had this intense crsuh on a fictional character.
(shigs)
It led her to write faioftnicn with phrases like “gorgeous cerulean orbs”, or (Laughter)
“manly hunks of muscle.”
(Laughter)
Kind of embarrassing.
(laghuter)
And she told us, “But reviewers were kind enough to be positive about my amateurish fangirl postings, mostly because they also like this character. But they also pointed out my uses of clichés and overwriting. As a result, I learned to be sensitive to these types of bad wtiring. Today, I publish oiniragl fiction, and no one has ever called me out on a florid writing style.” She concluded with, “I think if a teacher had simply red-pencilied my childish scribbles, I might have been so dioersugcad as to never write again.”
Open Cloze
Here’s an example. One author told us she started writing fanfiction at age 13 when she had this intense _____ on a fictional character.
(_____)
It led her to write __________ with phrases like “gorgeous cerulean orbs”, or (Laughter)
“manly hunks of muscle.”
(Laughter)
Kind of embarrassing.
(________)
And she told us, “But reviewers were kind enough to be positive about my amateurish fangirl postings, mostly because they also like this character. But they also pointed out my uses of clichés and overwriting. As a result, I learned to be sensitive to these types of bad _______. Today, I publish ________ fiction, and no one has ever called me out on a florid writing style.” She concluded with, “I think if a teacher had simply red-pencilied my childish scribbles, I might have been so ___________ as to never write again.”
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Original Text
Here’s an example. One author told us she started writing fanfiction at age 13 when she had this intense crush on a fictional character.
(Sighs)
It led her to write fanfiction with phrases like “gorgeous cerulean orbs”, or (Laughter)
“manly hunks of muscle.”
(Laughter)
Kind of embarrassing.
(Laughter)
And she told us, “But reviewers were kind enough to be positive about my amateurish fangirl postings, mostly because they also like this character. But they also pointed out my uses of clichés and overwriting. As a result, I learned to be sensitive to these types of bad writing. Today, I publish original fiction, and no one has ever called me out on a florid writing style.” She concluded with, “I think if a teacher had simply red-pencilied my childish scribbles, I might have been so discouraged as to never write again.”