User blog:Thantosiet/Adapting Adoptions, or This Is OK, Right?

So, lately I've been feeling a little. . . overcommitted in the fanfiction area. While I love creating my own series, I also really enjoy writing original fiction. Now that I've finished Neo Zeo, I'm looking forward again, and the next big writing event on my agenda is NaNoWriMo.

For those unaware, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It's a challenge to write a 50,000+ word novel in the month of November. So far, I've participated three times, and gotten my 50,000 words each time. Last year I used Neo Zeo, in fact.

This year, though, I've been feeling torn. I like getting my big fanfics out of the way, but I would like to do more original fiction.

So. . . I'm seriously considering turning some of my future series into originals. Right now, my choice would be Ocean Patrol. The one qualm I have is that I adopted it. I mean, in getting rid of the Power Ranger element (which I have to do), I'll basically remove everything that the original creator made, with the exception of using Cambrianite-themed villains. Is this okay? I mean, I did adopt the idea, that means I can do what I want with it, right? Or should I restore it to the pre-adopted version and let someone else use that? Does it matter? Also, do any of you think that one of my other series would be as good/better as a non-fanfic?