On May second of last year, I entered the world of writing fanfiction. "Wait, what's fanfiction?" you ask. Fanfiction is "unofficial, unlicensed fictional stories about celebrities or fictional characters, written by fans." Essentially, fictional stories written by fans about a favorite book/novel, movie, play, comic book, TV show, anime/manga or some other work of literature or form of entertainment for their own reading pleasure and/or that of other fans. My entry intro into this imaginative world began with White Collar, a new TV show about an ex-con named Neal Caffrey who escapes prison - with three months left on a four-year sentence - to find his ex-girlfriend, whom he believes is in trouble. He teams up with FBI Special Agent Peter Burke to find her on a CI (Criminal Investigator) arrangement while also solving white collar crime cases.
Once my first few months of watching White Collar ended, and my account on a fanfiction website was validated, the stories that others had written enticed me, whispering, "Erica... Erica, come write a story.... You know you want to...."
How could I hold out any longer?
On May second of last year, my story was entitled Why? and, admittedly, wasn't very good. My idea for this story had been to provide an insight into Neal Caffrey's mind that is so difficult to convey through a television screen. Ending with three chapters of two thousand nine hundred eleven words and three reviews from other fans, I felt both accomplished and a small fancy in the back of my mind to continue writing. But, with such an ending to an exciting splash into the fanfiction universe, I wanted more.
After that, nine more stories or one-shots (simply, a one-chaptered story or drabble with not further chapters or updates to be expected) appeared under my penname at fanfiction.net. My most successful - From One Prison to Another - garnered fifteen chapters, more than eleven thousand words, and twenty-three reviews. This story in particular pleased me, giving me the opportunity to expand on my writing abilities and imagination.
On May second of last year, the success that comes with writing had only just begun to make itself known.
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