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fandomsecrets2013-07-16 06:53 pm
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AO3 QQ
(Anonymous) 2013-07-17 12:37 am (UTC)(link)Can you/some of you/all of you/one of you/the general you provide some insight on the "Original Works" part of An Archive of Our Own? I have read various things fifth-hand over the years (and rarely read on AO3; I also rarely read fanfic), but I noticed the other night when I was looking for something, there was this "Original Works" tag.
My questions:
1. Is this actually original fiction?? Or is it fanfic with the serial numbers filed off?
2. If this is original fiction, is AO3 looking to angle in on a pay-per-view option or something like that? Is it pay-per-view now? Do the people writing this stuff do it entirely for free, with no hope of getting paid, ever? And what are AO3's terms of use/ownership policy of the original stuff that's on their site? (If they're anything like the other monster sites, I'm thinking that can't go well.)
3. Is any of this original fic any good? Anyone got any recs?
Sorry for the stupid questions. I'm just trying to wrap my brain around it. I get why fanfic writers do what they do. I'm not sure why anyone would write original fic for a website like AO3.
Re: AO3 QQ
(Anonymous) 2013-07-17 12:42 am (UTC)(link)2. Completely free probably, given why AO3 was founded.
3. Like everything else, it's going to be a mixed bag.
Re: AO3 QQ
- For practice.
- To gain a fanbase, potentially get noticed by publishers or agents (which is a longshot and probably requires you to have a large fanbase first).
- To share their stories with people.
Re: AO3 QQ
What's to not get? I assume they just want it to be available on the same site as their fanfic, so people who like their fanfics can also click on their original fics and vice versa.
Do you think people would only ever make original work for money, or in the hope of money? Because that's a weird belief.
Re: AO3 QQ
(Anonymous) 2013-07-17 01:18 am (UTC)(link)Re: AO3 QQ
(Anonymous) 2013-07-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)To the two anons above me I apologize for giving the wrong impression; it is not the authors on the site writing for free that I do not get (that I get) it is the part where they upload their original fiction to AO3. Given how Facebook and Tumblr and Twitter all technically own whatever is posted there by users, and they keep that data forever, even if it is original content (I am strange and almost always read the terms of service and privacy policies before I decide if I want to agree to them--on Tumblr I did not), why would writers essentially put themselves at the same risk, even if they are not getting paid for it? Especially if they are not getting paid for it. It just seems risky to me, that someone, somewhere, might be able to make money FROM them and they would not make any money at all.
If AO3 does not work on that model, then I have gotten it very wrong from the outset, sorry!
Re: AO3 QQ
(Anonymous) 2013-07-17 07:56 am (UTC)(link)The original works section is for people who have works that they'd like to share with others that are not considered fanfiction. It can be something they purely created themselves, or it can be an original work set in a metaverse that does have followership.
My spouse has original works published on their account. Some are completely original, and some are original works and characters in a setting developed by another writer and mutual acquaintance. The setting has a small but avid following on Deviant Art and other sites, but stories set in this setting are often explicit and so not allowed on DA. So they post them on A03. It doesn't have a unified enough world concept to be a fandom (every writer has their own characters, settings, and concepts, joined loosely by an umbrella of concepts and the idea that all of this happens in one particular world). Maybe someday it will be considered a misc fandom but right now it works better in Original.