fanfic linkiness

[snick_backup]

Someone's ranting about fanfic again. "Ew! Ye gads!" etc.

In response:

* Thoughts on Derivative Works and Filing Off the Serial Numbers, which addresses the differing concerns of writing fanfic and writing original fic. Short version: They be different beasties.

* A very long, often snarky list of derivative works, that is, works explicitly based on or inspired by other works.

Comments

[rahirah]

I always wonder what the heck people are talking about when they say that fanfic is practice for original fiction, because no, it's not. Fanfic requires a set of skills that overlaps but does not duplicate the skill set required for writing original fic, and anyone who thinks that just because they're good at one they'll automatically be good at the other is riding for a fall.

[snickfic]

Yes. I'm all for trying out one's writing muscles in lots of different ways, as long as one's expectations are realistic. It's like writing sonnets: being able to dash off a sonnet doesn't automatically qualify a person to write novels, but it's not like it hurts, either.