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Rec of the day goes meta
Taking a short break from reccing fic to point to this article in Time Magazine which is making the rounds:
The Boy Who Lived Forever by Lev Grossman
A mainstream article about fan fiction that finally gets it right! Balanced, entertaining, informative, at no point did I cringe or feel the urge to protest. The article does away with many of those pesky common misconceptions about fic, shows both the fans' and the creators' point of view, talks a little about the legalities, but most importantly the motivation behind writing fic, the joy of creating and playing in an established universe, really come across. None of that "it's like training wheels until they become real writers".
Lev came to LJ last week to interview fic writers to get firsthand accounts and quotes for the article. (Revolutionary new approach - to get an idea about what fanfic is, talk to actual fanfic writers and readers!) He seemed sincere and determined to get it right, but after reading article after article that made me want to bang my head against the keyboard I was still a little sceptical. But he really pulled it off, gotta say. Great job.
The interview questions are still up at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
lg_interview; lots of interesting answers. It's a closed comm but you can read the posts once you join.
btw...
Imagine how Harry Potter's story would have played out if on his first day at Hogwarts he'd been sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor.
I'd read that scenario. Can anybody rec me a fic like that? (gen preferably, plotty, not interested in a shippy exploration)
The Boy Who Lived Forever by Lev Grossman
A mainstream article about fan fiction that finally gets it right! Balanced, entertaining, informative, at no point did I cringe or feel the urge to protest. The article does away with many of those pesky common misconceptions about fic, shows both the fans' and the creators' point of view, talks a little about the legalities, but most importantly the motivation behind writing fic, the joy of creating and playing in an established universe, really come across. None of that "it's like training wheels until they become real writers".
Lev came to LJ last week to interview fic writers to get firsthand accounts and quotes for the article. (Revolutionary new approach - to get an idea about what fanfic is, talk to actual fanfic writers and readers!) He seemed sincere and determined to get it right, but after reading article after article that made me want to bang my head against the keyboard I was still a little sceptical. But he really pulled it off, gotta say. Great job.
The interview questions are still up at
lg_interview; lots of interesting answers. It's a closed comm but you can read the posts once you join.btw...
Imagine how Harry Potter's story would have played out if on his first day at Hogwarts he'd been sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor.
I'd read that scenario. Can anybody rec me a fic like that? (gen preferably, plotty, not interested in a shippy exploration)