"Fanfiction is the perfect avenue for the budding writer. It presents a person with a pre-determined universe and fully fleshed out characters with which to take and build upon in new ways without doing the excessive work involved with "world-building" as I call it."
Fanfic is writing practice, as far as he's concerned. *Really good* writers aren't writing fanfic; they're writing original stuff. They're doing the "excessive work" of worldbuilding... fanfic is for people too lazy or inexperienced to write good original stories.
And if TPTB believed that, the fanarchives would be safe. If they never question the idea that fanfic is "practice," they won't bother trying to shut down archives, even if they go after a few individuals. (Like Ann Rice's C&D orders, they'd be aimed at people who "stepped over the lines," rather than at the community that hosts and encourages fanfic.)
The Fanlib staff are very set in their belief that fanfic is a hobby for inexperienced, wannabe-pro writers. That the only reason for writing fanfic is either to get practice for "real" writing, or as self-indulgence... mental masturbation.
No awareness at all that there are readers who prefer fanfic to canon, nor that some very solid pro writers find fanfic a challenging test for their creativity, nor that fanficcers build collaborative worlds through fanon.
And, of course, "fanfic is good for sales; why would anyone object to it?" A lack of experience with K/S BDSM stories, lack of awareness of HP non-con chan incest stories.
*note to self: get on that serious H/C Pink guy/Blue guy slash; I wanna see if they'll let it stay up.*
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Fanfic is writing practice, as far as he's concerned. *Really good* writers aren't writing fanfic; they're writing original stuff. They're doing the "excessive work" of worldbuilding... fanfic is for people too lazy or inexperienced to write good original stories.
And if TPTB believed that, the fanarchives would be safe. If they never question the idea that fanfic is "practice," they won't bother trying to shut down archives, even if they go after a few individuals. (Like Ann Rice's C&D orders, they'd be aimed at people who "stepped over the lines," rather than at the community that hosts and encourages fanfic.)
The Fanlib staff are very set in their belief that fanfic is a hobby for inexperienced, wannabe-pro writers. That the only reason for writing fanfic is either to get practice for "real" writing, or as self-indulgence... mental masturbation.
No awareness at all that there are readers who prefer fanfic to canon, nor that some very solid pro writers find fanfic a challenging test for their creativity, nor that fanficcers build collaborative worlds through fanon.
And, of course, "fanfic is good for sales; why would anyone object to it?" A lack of experience with K/S BDSM stories, lack of awareness of HP non-con chan incest stories.
*note to self: get on that serious H/C Pink guy/Blue guy slash; I wanna see if they'll let it stay up.*