[ SECRET POST #2618 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2618 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 039 secrets from Secret Submission Post #374.
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

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

A job is a job, and a hobby is a hobby. There's a pretty obvious difference there.

[caecilia]

Writing is a job if you're getting paid for it.

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Oh, for God's sake... The secret is about writing fanfiction. Hence my comments are about the secret; not published authors.

[(Anonymous)]

There are published authors who get paid for their fanfiction-- look at all the Jane Austen sequels and Sherlock Holmes stories out there. It just happens that their fanfiction is from original works in the public domain. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get paid for your work, even if your work started off as a hobby.

[(Anonymous)]

"In the public domain" hence no owners.

[(Anonymous)]

So where does EL James fit in?

[caecilia]

Far away from me, I hope.

[(Anonymous)]

You think that writing as a job and writing as a hobby is the same thing?

[chardmonster]

You think people who write for money didn't start out as people who wrote for fun?

You think people who write for money never write anything for fun?

[(Anonymous)]

Starting as a hobby =/= doing it as a job.

You think everything they write for fun sells, even if they aren't famous and don't have a solid fanbase?

[(Anonymous)]

I think there's too much "you think?" in this thread?

Do I think that?

Yes I do.

[(Anonymous)]

Then write original fiction.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Jobs and hobbies are not completely different things. I do some things for my job that I would also consider my hobby. That's because I tried to make something I enjoy, a hobby, into my job. It worked for me. I don't see why someone wishing they could turn their hobby into a job - or at least into something they can get a bit of extra money for, which is perfectly acceptable for fanartists - is such a bizarre thing. I know a lot of artists who are way more motivated to work on their art when they get commissions, nobody is accusing them of "not liking to draw".