A Reflection on my Fanfiction "This Thing of Ours"
Stephanie Meyer, in an interview with Little Brown discusses the difficult process she goes through during the editing of her novels: “cutting things down is just brutal. It's like cutting off your fingers every time you lose a word (Meyer, 2016).” This was the same difficulty I embarked on throughout the writing of my Fanfiction piece due to having to consider the 2,500-word count. Meyer’s, Twilight tells the tale of the love story between vampire Edward Cullen and high school student, Bella Swan but it also introduces the audience to the rich history these vampires possess. In my fanfiction the aim was to capture the theme of family and hierarchy that is heavily prevalent within the Twilight trilogy. I demonstrated this by deciding to follow through with an Alternate Universe (fan fiction type) that allowed me to completely flip the narrative of twilight whilst still keeping those core themes of togetherness, family and power. These three themes are also prevalent i...