[ SECRET POST #2084 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2084 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 094 secrets from Secret Submission Post #298.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Glad to know I'll never be impressed by fanfic

If poorly written? Patpat good try

If okay written? Good on you for trying to improve your skill

If masterfully written? WRITE SOMETHING ORIGINAL BY GOD

[diet_poison]

So wishing they would write original fic precludes people seriously enjoying their fanfic?

okay

[(Anonymous)]

nah nah, theres a difference between respect and enjoyment

i dont respect dick jokes no matter how much they make me laugh

same with fanfic

[diet_poison]

Can't tell if you're serious or not, actually.

I mean you compared dick jokes to fanfiction...

[(Anonymous)]

What if they write both original and fanfic? What. Then.

[(Anonymous)]

does this happen? i know there are manga artists who do both...

[(Anonymous)]

imo, if theyre not published yet, theyre wasting their talent by writing something that cant be. they owe it to the public to write something that will be published and widely accessible

but i dont necessarily expect you to agree, not everybody agrees, i place a very strong value on ethics

don't be the other woman, don't pass up your chance to vote, etc. i know others dont agree so i dont rage against them, just lack respect for these choices

[(Anonymous)]

They owe it to the public...

No. They don't. Writing well in general is a lot of work, and frankly they don't 'owe' it to anyone to do that for something they don't want to do. Maybe they don't enjoy writing original fiction, maybe they just don't want to go through the hassel to get published. The reason really doesn't matter, the fact is the public doesn't have a right to demand someone publish books/short stories/whatever just because that person is good at writing, just like the public doesn't have a right to demand someone become a professional artist because they happen to be good at drawing*.

And all that is before you even begin to add in the fact that most people can't make a living at writing. Even some of the best known authors [including those who actually make a living off it] will point blank say that someone who wants to be a writer, no matter how good they are, really needs a back up plan because you just can't count on the money.

So, not only are you saying that they owe the public a lot of work, they owe it with a *really* shitty payment plan** on top of their day job. Which if they don't want to do it anyways, is a really crappy thing to demand...and something you have no right to demand in the first place.

Also, for your other two examples - a person doesn't always know their the other woman, and even the smartest people can be duped into believing something that they want to believe. As for voting, choosing not to vote can, and has been, used as a form of protest when groups believed that none of the candidates was a good choice.

*I'm meaning this for both original non-published work, and fan work.
** Remember, most writers don't make much money on their writing, and the chances of becoming the Rowling are very, very slim.

[diet_poison]

they owe it to the public

r u srs

[netbug009]

I think there's something a lot of people who say "Why don't great fanfic writers just get published?" aren't getting. Or at least, this is how it is to me as a writer.

The feelings people have that inspire them to write fan fiction and write original fiction are different. When I write original fic, I have my own characters and my own world that I want to create and express. When I write fan fiction, I want to explore deeper into a world that already exists, or I am just so overcome by love of a character/OTP that I feel like I need more of them and fill the need myself and to share with others.

It's kind of like the difference between singing a song about something you actually witnessed and singing a song about something you are feeling emotionally/invented in your mind.

...I'm not sure if that makes sense to anybody but me. ._.;