From: wswears@gci.net   
      
   On 2/17/2015 5:38 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 2/17/15 1:43 PM, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >      Holmesiana still is alive and well, and being filmed even.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> And one is scarcely regarded as a /real/ Oz fan until at least one story   
   >> has appeared on the Oz Research Table.   
   >>   
   >   
   >      Then I guess I'm finally going to be a REAL Oz fan! :)   
   >   
   >   
   >   
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