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Why we write
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:36 AM
ARAMINA
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:45 AM
RIELPRYN
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:55 AM
STARPILOTGRAINGER
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:19 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Rielpryn: Play. At least that's why I do it. I get to take these characters that I love and have them act out things I would really like to see. I get to play in this make believe world that helps me escape from my heap of a life. I just get a lot of joy out of it.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:24 AM
Quote:Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger: When I did write Fanfic, it was mostly play, with a tiny little thread of 'the series is really wasting its potential, so I'm going to play with the ideas' (I mostly wrote fanfic for Sliders).
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:35 AM
SHINY
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:03 PM
KAYSKY
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Aramina: Quote:Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger: When I did write Fanfic, it was mostly play, with a tiny little thread of 'the series is really wasting its potential, so I'm going to play with the ideas' (I mostly wrote fanfic for Sliders). So when you say that you were going to play with ideas because the series was wasting its potential, how hard did you try to stick to canon? Did you follow all the canon, or make up your own rules as to what you used from canon and what you didn't?
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Shiny: Play. It's just a creative outlet, and the characters and universe is so rich that you can just dive right it without having to do all the hard work of inventing them. ;)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by KaySky: Everyone needs an outlet. For now, Firefly is mine. Ask me six months from now and it might be different. The future is unpredictable.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:55 PM
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:12 PM
MALSDOXY
I know what did this...
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:30 PM
REGINAROADIE
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:57 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Aramina: Quote:Originally posted by Shiny: Play. It's just a creative outlet, and the characters and universe is so rich that you can just dive right it without having to do all the hard work of inventing them. ;) Ooh it's interesting how you note the difference between the work and play aspects. So do you think that anything about fan fiction that is hard work? When I think of an interesting signature you'll be the first to know.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:08 PM
SHADESIREN
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Shadesiren: I am personally NOT a fan of fan-fiction, in GENERAL.. TOo often, I see fan-fiction is a way for someone to write out their personal "I have a crush on this character and I love this show, so if I could play a character and live out my personal fantasy here it is... big surprise, the character I have a crush on just LOVES my made up character and we have all kinds of smoochiness while having adventures..." you can see why I got tired of trying to read fan-fiction. Now, I'm CERTAINLY not trying to say everyone writes like that, so no one should feel a need to defend themselves - I just see WAY too much of that, and it turned me off fan-fiction, cuz it was real hard to find stuff that WASN'T like that.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Aramina: So have you written fan fiction for other series then?
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by reginaroadie: I like reading fanfics by specific authors (KaySky in particular) and seeing how every fan adds his or her own persepective and interpretation on the series and it's characters.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:56 PM
COZEN
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 4:02 PM
Quote:Originally posted by cozen: I see the purpose of fanfic as a twofold process. One, those who are not professional writers, but have wanted to scratch that particular itch in an anonymous envrironment, with the added bonus of having a leg up with an established storyline, can safely post away in favourable circumstances.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Aramina: When you say you escape from your life, do you think you could explain how writing becomes an escape for you?
Quote:Do you think there's an imaginary line somewhere that you cross when you start to write?
Quote:I know that when I read fiction I like to be able to forget the fact that I'm sat in my room surrounded by all my junk and really immerse myself in my imagination. But when I write I find that I get easily distracted by things that are going on around me.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:42 AM
MANWITHPEZ
Important people don't do field work.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:46 AM
IMEARLY
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:55 AM
BLACKOUTNIGHTS
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:05 AM
Quote: Do you think there's an imaginary line somewhere that you cross when you start to write?
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:14 AM
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:50 PM
CHANNAIN
i DO aim to misbehave
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:12 PM
KMS
Quote:Originally posted by Aramina Also, I tried to apply a theory to fanfic and the only thing I got hung up on was 'Quantitive outcomes' meaning that the results can be translated into numbers. For example, in a first person shooter game the number of people you kill, or number of times you capture the flag, is what makes you win or lose. Can anyone think of any ways that fan production can be converted to numbers, besides the number of pieces created?
Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:53 AM
Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:15 AM
KESSIE
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