[ SECRET POST #2618 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2618 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Since there are a lot of people in this thread talking about how they would pay money for fic - out of curiosity, how much would you pay an author you like to write a fic for you? Depending on the length of the fic, I suppose?

[(Anonymous)]

Based on the charities I've written for, like helpjapan, helpchili, and the ao3 auction? I've gotten upwards of $100 for a 5000 word fic, and I'm not considered a BNF. It's a pretty decent chunk of change, and there's always negotiation afterwards when it comes to the final product. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Please tell me you are kicking back a chunk of that to the original author.

[(Anonymous)]

No? It all goes to charity, like I said. I never personally see a dime.

[(Anonymous)]

But that's for charity. Most of the time, if you're contributing to a charity fundraiser by purchasing something, you're not getting the same value as you would if you bought it outright in a for-profit venue. Which is fine, because the point is to donate, and you're just getting something nice in return, but most people aren't going to pay charity fundraiser prices to a for-profit venture.

[(Anonymous)]

A minimum of 5€. Yup, even if it's just 1k.

[(Anonymous)]

I've done freelance to-order fiction before, though not fanfic. I'm used to getting $25-50 for a short story, though the $50-100 bracket gets you a longer story that I work harder on. There's definitely folks who bid less than $20, but I don't take those bids.

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, I should clarify that. Those are the rates for GHOSTWRITING short stories, where my rights to them disappear once I get paid. Something that I retain, and can potentially make more money on via other channels, would probably have a lower up-front fee.

[(Anonymous)]

And those prices others listed are precisely why I hope fanfiction is never bought. I can't afford $50-$100 for someone to write a fanfic story. Hell, I was debating buying the $7 book I bought today, and that was with a gift card! I like that fanfic is an open free for all of people just having fun and that I can find things (not a lot, as I tend to prefer female characters to male and femslash to slash, but enough) that I enjoy without having to pay from my nonexistent funds.

[(Anonymous)]

But there's still free fanart. I don't think free fanfics would suddenly disappear just because of people accepting commissions here either. :O

[(Anonymous)]

da fuq? Just like all the fanart people commission and look at for free, you wouldn't have to pay to read it. You just never have to commission any. Grow up whiner.

[(Anonymous)]

the difference is that that $7 book wasn't written at your demand and to your specifications. commissioning someone to write something specific for you is totally different from just picking up some reading material that someone already wrote.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't understand your reasoning at all. Some fanfiction is already not free. It doesn't mean that ALL fanfiction will require money if it becomes legal to charge for it.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, for God's sake. Many of the people above are talking about what they paid when it involved fundraising for a cause.

I once paid $100 for a fanfic, but that was largely because I wanted to be generous towards a cause I cared passionately about.

When it's a fundraiser, people often open their hearts and wallets well beyond what is "sensible". That doesn't mean we'd all be willing (or able) to slap down $100 every time we want a custom-written fanfic.

[(Anonymous)]

Whereas I would love the opportunity to toss off a short story or two for $10-$20 depending on length for someone who wants a particular story told, and be able to get decent toilet paper and tissues instead of thin, scratchy ones.

Fanartists can. Fanwriters can't. And it sucks.

[(Anonymous)]

People aren't talking about buying fanfic the way you'd by a book. They're talking about custom ordering the exact fic you want about the exact characters you want to read about.

Free-to-read fanfic would still exist. Hell, chances are you'd be able to read the fanfic other people comission, because people in fandom like to share their squee. You just wouldn't be able to comission your very own custom ordered fic without ponying up a few bucks.