Writing stories has always been fun, sometimes basing them on books sometimes Rl, sometimes pure imagination. Fanfic was a totally foreign concept, and I always thought I was the only one making up stories for fun. I've never written them though - we weren't allowed to tell stories in our high school assignments, it was all analyzes of some kind. Story telling was for kids. *shakes head* Amazing what narrowminded teachers can do... Stripping me of any writing joy was part of it, but I'm slowly finding my way back.