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Fanfiction - Good or Evil?
Fade:
??? ...... :o ...... :-X
*Lady Disappearing Act *:
i had to resurrect this thread because i thought this was funny:
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive.php?s=1713
Sil76:
tee hee! ;D
Torvaldr:
I think fanfic is like a weapon. It is good or bad depending on the hand that wields (writes) it. I am an unpublished author and on occasion I have written some fan fic. I have not shared it with anyone. Not because I am ashamed of it. Quite the contrary, I am rather proud of what I wrote. But my fanfic rarely uses the characters of the original. I will likely mention them from time to time, but I usually create an original character and story line, that is based in the world. So for example I write about a mutant set in the Marvel Universe. He is not a member of the X-Men but has heard of them.
As far as the Dresden Universe. Yep I wrote a story. With an original character. Not in Chicago. No interaction with the Dresden Characters. And In fact I think I only mention the White Council, Wardens, and Laws once each. I haven't shown it to anyone else and don't know if I ever will.
I am not sure I like the attitude that some authors/writers have about fanfic. I am a singer/songwriter/storyteller as well and have 4 CDs out, and I LOVE to hear someone singing my songs or telling my stories. In fact just recently I met someone who told me that after hearing my stories that they were inspired by me to take up storytelling.
So if nothing else, if I ever get a book published I could not help but be elated if someone took up writing after reading my work. I may make the caveat that I am certainly not bound by anything that happens in a fanfic story. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't write it.
As an amateur teacher, (not licensed I just teach the skills I know) no writing is bad regardless of what ANYONE says. Every time you write something you learn something. Every time you learn something it is GOOD! And I have more than once tore the living @$#@#! out of someone for being too negative or critical about someones else's efforts. It amazes me how often someone can do nothing but tear someone apart and down without a single word of encouragement and then have the audacity to call it "Constructive Criticism".
Jim is a terrific writer and I love his books. Harry's speech in the conclave at the end of Proven Guilty is a work of art. And his writing gets a rise out my emotions. Sometimes that is good, sometimes that is bad. But that is the whole point. He is able to elicit those reactions. I only hope that the book I am working on will be able to do the same.
skaoi:
raises hand
It's the first thing I ever wrote and it's out here...lurking on the internet. I find it to be a good exercise, especially since I'm quite new to this whole writing thing. I use it to explore different things such as writing fights, fleshing out personal interactions and developing humor. Astonishing how hard that last one is. My real-life humor tends to be bone dry and it is a real challenge to get that on paper.
To use the analogy that's been bandied about, I might have gone into someone else's house, but I'm not drinking up all their beer and pissing on their furniture. I'm just chillin' on the couch, watching TV.
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