Fan fiction. That dirty little word used to implicate someone as less than a writer in the eyes of writers. But sometimes it is legitimate writing as well. Taking an established character and creating a new story with them is the bread and butter of the comics medium. Most of the writers in the field are writing characters that have been around since before they were born!
I hear you saying it already, “This is about writing prompts not an editorial about fan fiction and comics.” OK already, geez. Here are my writing prompts for you.
- Take a character from a favorite movie or book and write about the day before. We all know what happened in the book or movie, but something had to happen to them before that.
- Relocate a character to another established “world.” Look how well it was done with Aliens vs. Predator. Freddy vs. Jason. Imagine what would have unfolded had Kal-El landed on Earth during the time of Planet of the Apes? What if the Oompah Loompahs ran Fantasy Island? Spritle and Chim Chim stowed away in the trunk of Luke Skywalker’s landspeeder when Luke and Ben went to the Cantina…
– Posted by Jimmy Z. Johnston
