I find I have to disagree with AnydM's response that writing fanfiction is the lazy way. Not only have I very much enjoyed a few that are written, and every bit as good as, or in some cases better than the original, MYR, that's definitely to you. Anyway, I too am a writer, and I tried writing a Fanfic once, and it didn't work at all, because I found it was really hard to work within someone else's mold. I find it much easier to create my own worlds in my own mind, so maybe that's the more lazy way to write, at least for me it is at any rate. Either way, I suppose both ways have their unique challenges, but I enjoy it, it's great stress relief.