(I feel like I keep spamming the comments on this post, but I find this discussion really interesting and its articulating a lot of thoughts I've been having recently)
she's very much of the school of thought that says fan fiction is literature and literary fiction (which I think exists about as much as "grimdark" exists, but anyway) has no value, and I think that whole stance is a bit embarrassing.
Oh god, that stance is so embarrassing. I love fanfiction. I love writing it, I love reading it. A lot of fanfiction is of a very high standard. However, original fiction and fanfiction fulfil very different functions and needs. They're two different mediums, and that effects the writing. I've noticed that a lot of fanfiction doesn't include many details of settings because there is no need to, the audience can already visualise it. That familiarity and visualisation is a key difference. You don't have to put down original fiction to praise fanfiction.
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she's very much of the school of thought that says fan fiction is literature and literary fiction (which I think exists about as much as "grimdark" exists, but anyway) has no value, and I think that whole stance is a bit embarrassing.
Oh god, that stance is so embarrassing. I love fanfiction. I love writing it, I love reading it. A lot of fanfiction is of a very high standard. However, original fiction and fanfiction fulfil very different functions and needs. They're two different mediums, and that effects the writing. I've noticed that a lot of fanfiction doesn't include many details of settings because there is no need to, the audience can already visualise it. That familiarity and visualisation is a key difference. You don't have to put down original fiction to praise fanfiction.