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[its_onthefritz]

things» All of these entries on my flist about Diana Gabaldon's anti-fanfiction rant are great. I was pretty livid that someone ranking in so much money could be so...dense about something that so many people find to be an excellent creative outlet. (To learn about writing stories, to be part of community, and to talk about something you love

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[opheliassister]

The case against fan fiction was made many years ago: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/My_Immortal

And do you really want me to dig up the sequel to Breaking Dawn? Cuz I will.

[its_onthefritz]

Haha, oh God. My Immortal. Why do you exist :(. (Also, lol Harry Potter fanbase, you guys crack me up.)

Yeah. I've read enough horrible, bad, awful, head-desk inducing fanfiction over the years to at the very least understand that portion of the argument against fanfic.

The fact still remains though that I've read so many genuinely good ones. Written by people with fantastic writing skills who could easily move on to get their own work published. People who love a specific series who just want to have some fun. Due to this I tend to call naivete every time a published author has a diva fit over the "oh no internets!"

Diana Gabaldon should be grateful for her fanbase. Fanfiction and all. Period.

And do you really want me to dig up the sequel to Breaking Dawn? Cuz I will.

Okay. I was blissfully unaware of this one. Dare I ask?

[opheliassister]

I've read some fantastic stuff too. Maybe Gabaldon just read one too many terrible fanfics about her characters (trust me, I've read them.) and snapped. I know I would.

I'm also surprised I didn't hear about this sooner. Half my flist consists of writers, many of them do fanfic.

I forget what it was called, but CHARLIE GETS TURNED INTO A VAMPIRE. You can Google it.

Your brother is currently making s'mores in my backyard, fyi.

[opheliassister]

http://www.bellasdiary.com/

You can thank me later. :-D