I'm not saying that you were insisting everyone write original fic forever more, and if I somehow gave that impression, I apologize. I know you aren't insisting anything of the kind. From your wording in the original comment I responded to, it sounded like you didn't understand why someone would prefer it, so I was offering my perspective/explanation, with no judgment intended.
I haven't said anything to the contrary!
I interpreted, "If you can write well enough for fic, why not write your own cool stuff?" as meaning that you thought it was better to write original fic than fanfic, although I think in conflating this with other arguments I've had on the subject, I extrapolated beyond "for you, yourself" to "inherently," and for that I do apologize.
I did not know that about the flash fiction market! (Actually, I do know someone who gets some of hers published, but she writes erotica, and somehow I thought it was only in that genre that it was taking off.)
I think it's great that the publication/editorial process works for other people, and I'm sure that for people who are willing to put in the work, it gets great results. (Hell, I've seen it work for academic essays as an editorial assistant.) I, personally, being both lazy and controlling, have no desire to participate in it as a writer of fiction, and that's one of the constellation of reasons I prefer writing fanfic to original fiction. That's all I meant earlier, and again, apologies if that wasn't clear.
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Date: 2011-02-25 03:50 am (UTC)I haven't said anything to the contrary!
I interpreted, "If you can write well enough for fic, why not write your own cool stuff?" as meaning that you thought it was better to write original fic than fanfic, although I think in conflating this with other arguments I've had on the subject, I extrapolated beyond "for you, yourself" to "inherently," and for that I do apologize.
I did not know that about the flash fiction market! (Actually, I do know someone who gets some of hers published, but she writes erotica, and somehow I thought it was only in that genre that it was taking off.)
I think it's great that the publication/editorial process works for other people, and I'm sure that for people who are willing to put in the work, it gets great results. (Hell, I've seen it work for academic essays as an editorial assistant.) I, personally, being both lazy and controlling, have no desire to participate in it as a writer of fiction, and that's one of the constellation of reasons I prefer writing fanfic to original fiction. That's all I meant earlier, and again, apologies if that wasn't clear.