I learnt to write by writing fanfiction: deal with it, OANST!

I didn't want to write rubbish stuff, silly 'hook up characters who totally should be hooked together', 'insert character strongly resembling myself so I can meet/save the life of/make out with the hero/heroine of the story' and so on. I wanted to write good stories, and it happened to be that so many of my favourite works, including Oddworld, inspired me, so I built stories around the source of my inspiration.
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