And yet, some of us enjoy 300 pages of introspection... and, you know, we're just writing for fun here. No editors. No rules. smile

Trying to write for publication is fine (good luck, y'all!). So is *not* trying to write for publication. My favorite author, Lois McMaster Bujold, started out writing Star Trek fanfic, then moved to novels, and has won multiple Hugo Awards. She's said that writing fanfic is not less worthwhile than published fiction, it just has its own, different rewards. <shrug>

Whatever makes you happy wink

PJ smile

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K