From: jwkenne@attglobal.net
On 2015-02-17 16:07:29 +0000, Bill Swears said:
> On 2/16/2015 4:58 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <7bba8f14-c25e-492a-9564-0c499d7e99d9@googlegroups.com>,
>> C. E. Gee wrote:
>>> On Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 6:40:51 PM UTC-8, J.Pascal wrote:
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Julie
>>>
>>> Seriously, if you want to write SF, but cannot conjure up your own cast
>>> of unique characters, settings, etc., you probably should give up the
>>> idea of being an SF writer.
>>>
>>> And someone who is able to do the above will besmirch their reputation
>>> as a writer by writing Fan Fiction.
>>
>> On the other hand, it has been often said that every writer has
>> to put out a million words of crud before s/he can start writing
>> saleable fiction.
>>
>> Fanfic is one way of getting rid of that million words.
>>
> I think that it has another function. Sometimes a set of characters
> becomes alive for the reader/writer. When that happens, telling
> stories in that universe might seem very natural. And there is a huge
> trove of story set in particular universes. Not just Star Wars and
> Star Trek (which have really large, licensed, canon of stories that are
> in essence legal fanfic) but also the classic Greek islands, the fairy
> tales, and etc.
And one is scarcely regarded as a /real/ Oz fan until at least one
story has appeared on the Oz Research Table.
> How many times was Romeo and Juliet told before Shakespeare got it right?
>
> Bill
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