[FFML] Re: [Essay] Major Trends in FFML Criticism

Warning: Don't make me put on my admin hat. Cut it out with the JK Rowling
stuff.

I disagree with you LS, on many levels.

First of all, some people write fanfiction for just plain fun. You know
what, I'm sure a lot of writers here could make money as writers. I have a
personal list of people I think could go that route myself. I even asked
one or two why they won't do that, and I think the best answer came from a
comment by one of the best known FF authors on the net, who told me (more or
less) that he wrote for fun. If he made it his job, it would be work, and
that would take all the fun out of it.

Secondly, a lot of people just don't have the skill or inclination to write
their own original work. I know I sure as hell don't, and I suspect a lot
of the better writers will admit the same. It's faster, easier, and (for
some, like me) more fun to take other people's worlds/characters/material
and play with them.

Yes, many writers deserve more. They deserve more than to have their works
dismissed by you with a question as to when they're going to do something
original.

LS, you may think of FF as practice, but I don't. I think of it as a hobby.
Just like I look at playing video games as a hobby, reading as a hobby,
building computers as a hobby, and semi-deadly science experiments as a
hobby. I don't plan to become a professional game player, or a book critic,
or ... well, whatever someone who does stuff like throwing cubes of pure
sodium in puddles and watching the explosion is called.

Just like many people here don't plan on becoming professional writers.

--
Christopher Angel

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