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On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 08:29:08 the DragonBard wrote:
You know, that gets me wondering. How many, if any, of the people on the
FFML are professional writers? I know that some like D.Fire, and
Metroanime, Twister, Legion, and a good many others quite probably could be
if they set their minds to it. And I have my suspisions about Hitomi since
I think her Spidergirl character is the same one that's recently gotten her
own comic series. And the fact that Hitomi's showed up earlier (though I'm
not certain about the timing because I don't have a very good comic book
store in my area) makes me wonder.
I hate to sound like a certain pompus know-it-all that
lurks around ever corner of the list, but I'll have to
shoot down that idea. I can promise you I want deliver
this belief in a scarcatic overtone, like said person
would.
If you wrote for a living, why would you give away
ideas and time for free? That would be like a farmer
growing crops and giving them away for free because it
made him feel good. True enough, it is a kind act; but
eventually he'd go broke.
However, you did make a good point about some of the
writers here. With a little time and patients some of
the exceptional fik'ers (Fanfic writers *just a term I
use*) could become good writers. I'm willing to bet
there are a few people in here that are working on
maybe a novel, screenplay, or pilot idea. I know I've
been doing that for the past few years. Writting
Fanfics is my escape from my screenplay's - writer's
block. Pushing out a story based on another story is
just as easy as it can be hard. (Let that bounce
around in your head for a while)
This is a place you're supposed to be able to go to
sharpen your writting skills. So inspiring writers
should be able to get that helpful push in the
direction of improvement. So there is a chance that a
few of us amatures could someday be professionals.
Don't forget, there have been some big things written
by people that just wrote for the fun of it: "Good Will
Hunting" (written by a nobody guy and his friend as a
school assignment), "Last Reason to Stop" (a guy got
the idea for it while writting in the john), and "Iris"
(I know it's just a song, but when a guy has writers
block for half a decade and writes something in an hour
that becomes a hit; it deserves its credit).
Keep writting 'cause
Who knows what will happpen?
Meachy
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