Re: New Writing Contest
John Byram wrote:
What is a fanfic?
Fiction written by a fan of a certain work. Like, 50 shades of Gray is fanfic of the Twilight series. I don't know which was worse. 
- Janet Taylor-Perry
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- SolN
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Re: New Writing Contest
Results coming soon and planning for next contest.
- John Hamler
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Re: New Writing Contest
If you're planning a new contest... Well, I just read (like two minutes ago) a little story by a new member "ycarowr" that intrigued me and could possibly make for a good contest subject: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. Short and sweet, the narrator could be a sailor lost at sea, on a sinking ship or deserted island, or he/she could just be a beach bum. Drunk, with nothing better to do but write to the horizon. Whatever. It could even be somebody's waterproof iPhone that washes up on shore. Use your imagination. Whaddaya think? Does it stink? Does it simply sink? Or is this the great idea I think it is?
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Whaddaya think? Does it stink? Does it simply sink? Or is this the great idea I think it is?
Stinks. Ah, just kidding. Has potential.
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Re: New Writing Contest
Janet Taylor-Perry wrote:
John Byram wrote:What is a fanfic?
Fiction written by a fan of a certain work. Like, 50 shades of Gray is fanfic of the Twilight series. I don't know which was worse.
Ah, but what if you combine them? Bella and Edward get kinky...(I forget the name of the werewolf, but he's invited too. Eddy? No, he was a Munster.)
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The Millenium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, et al) centers around a "locked room" mystery--the mysterious disappearance of the rich man's daughter from the island where the family lived. No one saw her leave, and no one knows how she could have left the island. It runs though the three books, yet it's secondary to the story of Lisbeth Salander. It is solved at the end.
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Re: New Writing Contest
John Byram wrote:
What is a fanfic?
Fanfic is the lowest of the low--it's fiction written by a fan of a particular work. The writer of fanfic plagiarizes the characters, setting and theme of someone else's work and has only to write a continuation of the original. There are people out there still writing stories based on Star Wars and others that have already been done to death. They say they're "paying homage" to the original. I say, write your own story! Or is it too much work?
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j p lundstrom wrote:
John Byram wrote:What is a fanfic?
Fanfic is the lowest of the low--it's fiction written by a fan of a particular work. The writer of fanfic plagiarizes the characters, setting and theme of someone else's work and has only to write a continuation of the original. There are people out there still writing stories based on Star Wars and others that have already been done to death. They say they're "paying homage" to the original. I say, write your own story! Or is it too much work?
You have a point, but some of the best SF out there is "fanfic." Paramount even made a cottage industry out of fans writing Star Trek novels, and some are as good, imo, as the original writing. And where does fanfic end and continuation begin? The new Nero Wolf, James Bond, and Peter Whimsy stories are really very good, although I admit, Archie is a bit more self-conscious, Bond takes a lot of time cleaning his gun in the first one (the scene could be a manual for how to do it), and I'm still waiting to see how a completely original story progresses for Peter and Harriet.
