although it does sort of follow that once you have become a fan of a particular work you can no longer write anything other than

Sorry, no. That's a little like stating a mystery writer can never write a romance novel, or sci-fi or their biography.


The reality is that many writers started out as fanfic writers and moved on to original creative works. Unless I've misunderstood your comment?


It also requires you to include a real person's life as a "particular workz", for RPF

Oh hell, yes.

Perhaps not their entire life, but have you seen how fanatic some sports fans are over 'their'fave players? I'm not a huge fan of RPF, but I get it.