Star Wars Fanon:Café Fanfic



Café Fanfic is a discussion topic centered around fan-fiction. Authors are encouraged to contribute to the café's monthly discussion, which are designed to stimulate ideas and encourage engagement between members of the SWF fan-fiction writing community in a criticism-free zone.

Participants in Café Fanfic are also welcome to submit ideas for the next month's topic of discussion.

Previous topics can be found in the archival list at the bottom of the page.

There are three basic premises for Café Fanfic
 * 1) Please restrict this to stuff from your fan-fiction (written or possibly just conceptualized).
 * 2) You can suggest and make observations, but no condemning other people's work
 * 3) "I don't know" is a perfectly acceptable answer.


 * April's topic: What kind of character(s) do you find the easiest or most natural to write? (Some people refer to these as "tropes" or "archetypes.") Is it the dutiful soldier? The noble Jedi? The scheming villain?

Atarumaster88
I gravitate most naturally to younger characters, simply because they're easier to write! With an older character, there's more backstory, more consideration of their life experiences and perspectives as opposed to a younger character, whose motives tend to be. . . simpler. Another factor is that younger characters are less likely to be/have been married/in a serious relationship, which adds a whole different layer of complexity to them. Finally, the protagonists of the major Star Wars conflicts have almost always been younger men and women thrust into challenging times. That's one of the most fundamental appeals of Star Wars IMO.

As far as specific archetypes&hellip;I'm pretty fond of natural leaders, simply because it's hard to have a protagonist/antagonist who doesn't have some ambition or leadership potential. Another trope I use a lot is someone with a troubled past or familial issues, simply because there's more room to explore conflict there. It's overused, but it works. Lastly, I employ a fair amount of outcasts/people on the verge of inferiority complexes, because there's an obvious path to go with the character in that it's easy to have them grow the story. Plus, I have a feeling that a lot of Star Wars readers can appreciate that perspective and maybe reading such a story will resonate with them. Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 17:35, April 2, 2013 (UTC)