Too often, we are told that writing fan-fiction about our favorite characters won't lead anywhere-- that our time would be better spent solely on original work and never on exploring the worlds and relationships that speak to us in media. Not so! In this panel, ADR writer Marissa Lenti will talk about her past as a teenage fan-fiction writer, and how that experience laid the foundation upon which she built her current career writing scripts for anime dubs, particularly yaoi & yuri titles, for companies like Sentai Filmworks and Kuma Holdings.