This past summer, I thought a lot about what direction I
want my thesis to take. I also thought about how all of these new ideas that I
was coming up with would either harmonize or clash with the thesis concept that
I came away with last semester.
I know that I definitely want to study fanfiction and
fanfiction writers. Initially, my proposal leaned toward juxtaposing fanfiction
with the source material that inspired it: the young adult novels that would
serve as my source texts. One of the major goals of my project was to demonstrate
the ways in which these fan writers are able to transform and authenticate the
published stories that they write about.
Now, I am leaning more towards studying the fan writers
themselves. I am interested in the ways in which collaboration occurs in these
fan communities. I am also interested in how reader input influences the way
that these writers write. These communities are tightly woven, and the writers
and readers form relationships that I think are unique and worth studying.
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