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Well just because someone continues someone else's story doesn't mean the story itself can't be a good addition to the original. I do however agree with you that you can't call yourself a 'professional' writer if all you write is fanfics because it does, in same areas, leave out the writers own creativity. Every single fanfic writer I know, however, always deeply respects the original story and always credits everyone involved in the original story, which for me is the difference between a tribute and plagiarism.
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I don't think any fan fic can be a good addition to the orignial story, mainly because
it wasn't written by the author. In my opinion, no one possesses the right to alter a writer's story or continue it. It's just not the same as the author writing it, since you're putting
your thoughts,
your feelings, and taking the story in
your own direction. That can completely wreck the orignial story, since no one but the author truly knows how their characters will act or what they will do. They're the ones who created them, so only they would know.
If someone truly loves a piece of literature, they should leave it be, not try to continue it and take it in their own direction. In my opinion, that's disrespectful to the author's original vision of the story.