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Authors and other creators need to realize that whatever it is that they create, to get it to the public it needs to be processed by the readers. Not to dismiss the amount of work that goes into each book, most of the work actually happens in the heads of the readers. Authors really aren't going to be the final authority on how the fine nuances of a character/whatever is perceived; the reader is. Each individual reader is. You cannot expect to convey a perfect, unalterable idea of yours without the readers having their own take on it.
Isn't the act of writing fanfiction often just a jump to give those different readings a physical form? The distance between the thoughts and the writings of a reader is much smaller than the distance between their thoughts and the original text. So, to me, authors that forbid fanfiction on grounds of it perverting the original source are ignoring the other half of what makes their works what they finally are: the audience. I'm not a writer myself, but it still feels insulting. I'm going to read things and into things in my own way and from my own perceptive, and if you try to control that, I'll lose the will to play along. Am I not a participant too?
Disclaimer: I haven't been following any of the discussion on this topic, other than that there apparently are problems beyond the financial? ...Actually, has there been discussion?
Isn't the act of writing fanfiction often just a jump to give those different readings a physical form? The distance between the thoughts and the writings of a reader is much smaller than the distance between their thoughts and the original text. So, to me, authors that forbid fanfiction on grounds of it perverting the original source are ignoring the other half of what makes their works what they finally are: the audience. I'm not a writer myself, but it still feels insulting. I'm going to read things and into things in my own way and from my own perceptive, and if you try to control that, I'll lose the will to play along. Am I not a participant too?
Disclaimer: I haven't been following any of the discussion on this topic, other than that there apparently are problems beyond the financial? ...Actually, has there been discussion?
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As for whether or not there's been discussion the answer is no, just the usual wanking/mocking. XD Or there's been discussion I guess in some places, including a few people on my f-list (but since we are all in/familiar with fandom it's kind of a moot point), but mostly the same old arguments being rehashed. The most "valid" point I've ever seen argued is the financial/lawsuit issue wherein authors are afraid of getting sued for using fan ideas. BUT, the primary "example" of this (Marion Zimmer Bradley) is half urban legend in that the original details apparently weren't as straightforward as it's usually portrayed -- there was some discussion about that incident in the first thread of this post.
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Following that link, it kind of hurts to read those posts from George Martin. :/