What famous authors think...

Neil Gaiman

“People pour out so much energy and talent into them… It makes me frustrated. I’m like, go write your own story. Put them out there and get them published. That’s what you should be doing. You should be working on your own book right now.” — Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series.

“I myself used to write Star Wars fan fiction when I was a tween. I think writing fan fiction is a good way for new writers to learn to tell a story. The good thing about writing fan fiction is that the characters and basic plot are already set up, so new writers can concentrate on dialogue, or further plot development.” — Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries series.