write something & then let it speak for itself THIS, so much! It was the most important thing I learned in creative writing class - that when I turn a text over to someone else to read, I also turn over the right of interpretation to the reader.
I don't know what it is with these self-entitled authors and their fear of fanfic. I can fully understand not wanting to read it because of the copyright issues, but to go out in public and declare fanfic immoral? Does not make me want to keep reading her books.
(Not to mention the tired old argument of 'how would you feel if someone wrote fanfic based on your stories?' I'd be deeply flattered, that's how I would feel! I'm not too important to share my sandbox.)
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Date: 2010-05-06 09:20 am (UTC)THIS, so much! It was the most important thing I learned in creative writing class - that when I turn a text over to someone else to read, I also turn over the right of interpretation to the reader.
I don't know what it is with these self-entitled authors and their fear of fanfic. I can fully understand not wanting to read it because of the copyright issues, but to go out in public and declare fanfic immoral? Does not make me want to keep reading her books.
(Not to mention the tired old argument of 'how would you feel if someone wrote fanfic based on your stories?' I'd be deeply flattered, that's how I would feel! I'm not too important to share my sandbox.)