Yvonne asked Chris Dee:

where you ever pressured by your family to write something you could publish instead of fanfiction? If so how did you get past that?

Chris Dee Unless you're James Patterson, well-meaning friends or family will periodically offer suggestions about what you should write. "You know what's really popular... You should do something like that." It's not a fan fiction issue. If you're a professional playwright, you will get those same prods to find a more lucrative medium. Novelist? You should be doing screenplays. Got a screenplay? Maybe a Netflix series would be better, those are big now. Smile, thank them for their interest, and remember that even if the advice is presumptuous, patronizing or just annoying, they mean well. Money is nice, you can buy things with it, and they're wishing you the freedom to walk the beach in Waikiki whenever you like and treat yourself to a good dinner after.

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