From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   After serious thinking Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote :   
   > On 1/6/15 9:28 PM, William Vetter wrote:   
   >> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) used his keyboard to write :   
   >>> On 1/5/15 11:05 PM, William Vetter wrote:   
   >>>> It happens that J.Pascal formulated :   
   >>>>> I was wondering who'd committed fan fiction (and was willing to   
   >>>>> confess) and what effect you think it had on your writing ability and   
   >>>>> career?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Also... what property engaged you enough to make you crazy enough to   
   >>>>> write in that world?  Did you just love the setting that much to want   
   >>>>> to play in it with a new cast, or was it the characters you wanted to   
   >>>>> see more of? Something else?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I'll start.  I've never actually done it.  I've only been tempted.   
   >>>>> Once to have Taura bear Roic's baby before she died and have the   
   >>>>> little girl (girl, obviously) delivered to Vorkosigan house.  Not a   
   >>>>> plot, obviously, just a situation.   
   >>>>> My other temptation was Highlander - New characters and my idea of how   
   >>>>> a new TV series ought to work.  I've actually written some of that   
   >>>>> one.  Plotted out episodes and done a bit of character development and   
   >>>>> sketches.  In that case it's sort of heartbreaking to work on even   
   >>>>> though it fascinates me because it's simply impossible.  And don't say   
   >>>>> "file the serial numbers off" because that completely kills it for   
   >>>>> me.  As soon as I think of trying to separate it from what I think is   
   >>>>> SO COOL... it dies.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> You've reached a skill level where you're not going to have trouble   
   >>>> finding a TV show or TV show script or TV show character that sucks. Ask   
   >>>> yourself what quality *this one* has that makes you want to fix it. Then   
   >>>> try to write something with that quality that isn't somebody else's   
   >>>> commercial property.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>     But that often defeats the purpose of WRITING the fic in the first   
   >>> place. I'm not trying to figure out how to create a knockoff of show X   
   >>> or book Y, I'm playing with THOSE CHARACTERS (and maybe some of my   
   >>> own) in THAT setting to explore EXACTLY THIS particular scenario, not   
   >>> "a scenario sort of like it in a setting kinda similar with characters   
   >>> that are analogues". That's just stupid if my purpose is to write   
   >>> something involving the given origin material.   
   >>>   
   >> I don't know what Julie Pascal's purpose is.  I was interpreting her   
   >> emotions.   
   >>   
   >> But if you call me stupid one more time, I'm gonna add your name to my   
   >> filter.   
   >   
   > 	I called your IDEA stupid. If you interpret that to mean I called YOU   
   > stupid, then, well, hey, that's your problem.   
   >   
   >> If that would be good for you, then call me stupid again.   
   >   
   > 	It matters not a whit to me one way or the other.   
      
   Done.   
      
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