Wait a minute, maybe I don't. LOL

I think the most daunting idea of writing an original fic is just that. It's original. There is nothing to prop your story up, it's just the words on the page that need to do the story that is so vivid in your head justice.

Then there is the whole idea of what is too much...or too little.  I love Lord of the Rings, but there is absolutely no way I would ever, EVER write anything as detailed as Tolkien. Ick. 

It's a weird thing because a good story doesn't require a ton of backstory, which in a world with wikis about everything seems a bit foreign to me.  But look at Alice in Wonderland, for example.  No one wanted/needed to know the history of the Mad Hatter or how the Queen of Hearts came into power...the story was just that. A story.

*hits head on desk*

Forget it, I'm staying in my fanfic box. :P :P