Due to copyright laws that prevent its monetization (and in contrast to the careerism unsubtly promoted by MFA programs), fanfiction cannot technically be other than a labor of love though Y/N demonstrates how easily legible thinly-veiled references to sufficiently famous celebrities can be. The real problem with fanfiction, from a mainstream literary perspective, is precisely that its authors not only love reading (movies, music, other books) too much, they also love writing too much. And it shows!
Pitching with Collaborative Solidarity Toward the Artist, with Wonder Writing is a solitary practice; writing about art, lonelier still. I might spend days deliberating over the right words, crawling toward what feels right and exploring something that might’ve been better untouched by my persp.
Read about Marco Island Academy s History and Culture Club s incredible two-week Europe trip, where students explored ancient Greek, Roman, and Italian history, marveled at beautiful artworks, and indulged in local cuisine.