Why I Write Fan Fiction

So, before I start to talk about Season Two, I thought I would blog about a couple of other Rookies related topics. I have enjoyed writing since I was a small child. I remember writing something when I was eight years old regarding the space program. My father was going to school at the time and I remember helping him with the English assignments. English and Language Arts related courses were always what I excelled at in school. My first attempts at writing Rookies stories were awful. My father encouraged my writing, but my mother, did not. In fact, she still thinks it's a waste of time. When I was growing up, after my mother remarried when I was 15, both her and my stepfather considered it a waste of time and paper. I loved it when I moved out on my own and could buy my own paper. I could write as much as I wanted, when I wanted and no one could stop me. Writing allows me to vent in ways I never can verbally. I can take an idea and run with it. Sometimes, those ideas fly and sometimes they don't. Sometimes they fly so well that I say the story takes on a life of its own. That's kind of what's happening with the story I'm working on now, along with my partner in crime. I can come up with a universe of my own and stick with it in subsequent stories. Hence, the creation of Mary Kathryn, Trap, Michelle and Savannah. These people are all based on people that I already know. However, as much as I have tried, I have found that I can't write fan fiction for any other series. I'd love to write fan fiction for shows such as Law and Order: SVU or one of the CSI's, but ideas just won't come. So, I'll stick with my Rookies stories and keep hoping that everybody keeps enjoying them.