Books vs. Fanfiction

There is no shortage of reading material in the world, however, there are many different types of text that are enjoyable to read. Personally, my favorite types of literature are books and fanfiction. There are pros and cons to each form. Fanfiction allows for constructive criticism (both given and received), practice with writing skills, and gives the reader the opportunity to see a new point of view on a book or series or even read a new story altogether. Books are uniquely interesting because they have been edited by many and chosen to be published out of many different stories available. However, books also do not allow for the reader to contact the author and provide comments or ask questions, and many series are created and get steadily worse as the reader gets through the novels. The negative facts about fanfiction are that the stories can potentially be abandoned, it takes a long time for certain writers to update their stories, and it can be difficult to find good stories.