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St. Ignatius of Antioch ([info]ignatius) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-06-16 06:20:00

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"...unless it's an official tie-in novel."
Copied from [info]wank_report:

***Fanfic wank at Lee Goldberg's blog isn't exactly new, but there are some choice bits in this one.

"Fanfic is to writing what "Piss Christ" was to art." - Holly Lisle.

"...to be a writer - a REAL writer - one has to have the soul of a writer. And that particular soul understands in no uncertain terms that fanfic is soulless." - Paul Guyot.

"...if you engage in fanfic as a hobby, job, whatever, you are not a real writer. Because if you were - if you had inside you what a real writer does - you have no desire to engage in fanfic." - Paul Guyot.

"If people like Lee and Claire and myself are wrong - then why is there not ONE full-time writer who also engages in fanfic?" - Paul Guyot.

When presented with pro writers who also write fanfiction:
"POD or vanity? I'm asking cuz I don't know. And as soon as we hear from them, as opposed to someone dropping their name, I'm sure that will make things very entertaining around here." - Paul Guyot.

When told that these writers are real professional writers - of sci-fi:
"Let me ask Jocelyn's army: why do you think it is only authors who write in this particular genre that engage in fanfic? Why don't any "mainstream" writers do it? Just wonder what your opinion is on that." - Paul Guyot***
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This lover-ly piece of wank also contains: MZB drama, many willfull misunderstandings, "How fanfic is like graffiti," and superfluous references to kiddie porn. Because it's not a discussion on fanfic without a mention of the kiddie porn!


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