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Okay, now that I have had a chance to think this over, A few points need to
be made.
Alright. This post offended me enough to draw me out of hiding. (Despite
the
fact that I've been here all along...)
Nice to see you back.
We really need to agree on some sort of time-limit for "lack of updates"
so other people can seize control of abandoned fics and finish them.
I cannot believe the audacity and gall of this suggestion.
This, I have to agree with.
Fanfic authors are not machines. They are people. They are not here to
serve
you. They are here to enjoy themselves.
When I started writing fanfic, I was having a lot of fun doing it. Then I
hit bad periods of writer's block, while people kept screaming at me for
updates.
Eventually, it got to the point where it stopped being fun for me, which
is
when I basically went into a long period of writer's hibernation. I was
simply too frustrated at all the thoughtless nagging to WANT to write.
Now....those of us who put a lot of time and effort into our fics are
proud
of our work. We sat down, we spent hours of our lives crafting something
of
ourselves, our ideas, thoughts, and feelings, and transferring them into
words, weaving in our favorite characters from our favorite series. Those
of
us most confident in our work put it out on display for all to see, and
hopefully appreciate along with.
Argeed...
Fanfics aren't mass-produced, sterilized, homogenized pulp novels. They're
pieces of the writer's soul.
Now, if I saw someone come along and suddenly "seize" Onna: Red Side or
Suiseiki and start continuing it without even so much as a word to me, or
if
someone even came to me and asked if they could continue it in my stead, I
would be HIGHLY insulted. It's *my* work, not *their* work. It's *my*
right
to continue it or abandon it as I please. Nobody but me has any right to
say
what should and should not be done with my work.
Okay, Parts of this I argee with, other parts I disagree with.
The part about "seizing" a fic that I am working on without a word, ELL's
right,
that's a total insult, and very very wrong.
For me, _IF_ (for some reason) I'm not working on a fic, and someone _ASKS_
(nicely, mind you.) to take a shot at it, I might allow it, depending on WHY
it's stopped,
and what's going on with my life at the time...
Every person differs though on this, as ELL feels the excat oppisite of me
on this.