[ SECRET POST #2111 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2111 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 124 secrets from Secret Submission Post #301.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

19. http://i.imgur.com/mtN0E.png

[rabidsamfan]

So, if the author was nice enough to write back, send them another letter and ask if they'd be okay with you posting some fanfic (which might get more people interested in the book.) Then honor their decision.

OP here

[(Anonymous)]

No-no, that's not the point. Not that I'm afraid to offend them (I honestly think they wouldn't be offended), it's just that I don't want to WRITE a fanfic which would include their ideas. It feels like spoiling the possible sequel, or bursting into canon and changing the things.

Re: OP here

[tasogare_n_hime]

If you really want to write, write and don't post it for now.

[intrigueing]

Your icon is glorious, by the way :)

[elaminator]

Couldn't you write the fanfic then read through it after with a keen eye for anything that could be considered spoilers? It was incredibly nice for the author to actually respond to you (not sure I've ever read of that happening before), but if you want to write fanfic and don't think they'll be in anyway offended by it, I think you should. Or...guess you could do what tasogare_n_hime suggested and not post it (at least not yet).

If there's a fandom though...are you sure this information isn't already somewhere on the web? Because if you thought to write the author, maybe someone else did too? (Or email them. Whatever.)

[(Anonymous)]

I've heard of some authors who respond [I know for a fact that Piers Anthony responds at least some of the time from what he's said in various author's notes, for example], but I don't think I've heard of an author who gives away where the plot is going. Though...I'm a little confused by the whole 'No sequel' thing...since that could also mean that the author isn't writing one, and the OP just wanted to know where it was going? In which case, I don't see why it would be an issue if the OP ended up having some of that in their fanfic, since it's never been written/will be written.

[elaminator]

but I don't think I've heard of an author who gives away where the plot is going

IKR? That's a little unusual. I guess if they aren't planning on a sequel they might want to give their fans closure in whatever way possible. Pretty awesome of them, actually.

Though...I'm a little confused by the whole 'No sequel' thing

I took it as the author stating that a sequel isn't going to happen, or at least isn't very likely to happen, but the OP doesn't want to include what they were told just in case the series ever gets a continuation. I can sort of understand where they're coming from, but...I doubt anyone is going to care too much about one fanfic. Even if anon does include some of what the author passed onto them, OP would probably change things as they saw fit, so I doubt their story would perfectly fit the authors vision.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh man, I know how you feel OP. I've been waiting for a movie adaptation or a sequel to House of the Scorpion for years. I finally had to give up... ):

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my god, I LOVED House of the Scorpion. I think it's one of the most well-written YA novels I've ever read, and it's definitely a book that would make an excellent movie. There's just so much going on, and the characters are so vivid, and the social commentary is wonderful without being too in your face.

However, I do like it as a stand-alone novel. I really liked the way Farmer tied it up at the end with Matt thinking about all the thing he could accomplish and then remembering Tam Lin. I think it was wrapped up in such a way that it doesn't really need a sequel.

[velvet_mace]

Even if you did use their ideas, you'd use them in such a unique way that it wouldn't impact what she might eventually do.

This is why we can file serial numbers off things and get things published. Well, we as in not me, but other, better writers.

[(Anonymous)]

Can you not share the letter with the rest of the fandom? Would the author mind? That might appease your 'guilt' by sharing any idea?