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azdak: Fanfic as a fuzzy category - And so it is with fanfic. I would argue that there is a list of prototypical characteristics that central members of the category âœfanficâ display, such that everyone would recognise them as fanfic. -
- executrix: Meta: Factor-y Installed - This post is a spin-off from azdak's discussion of factors toward the definition of fanfic. And I fell upon it with lusty delight, because the legal Weltanschauung is all about lists of factors. -
- synecdochic: The present King of France, and why it's important for you to support your premises. - One of the best things you can do for yourself as a writer, I firmly believe, is to start cultivating an awarness of all those implications -- because once you start being able to see them in your writing, you start being able to see whether or not you're -
- cassiphone Pro Fic, Fan Fic, Good Fic, My Fic...
So I've decided I want to write stories - original, profic stories - that are more like fanfic. // Before you choke on your muffin, I will explain. When well written, effectively beta-ed and completely awesome, fanfic does the following
- laguera25: TalkCSI and Slash: a Polemic - So, what am I getting at? I wish CSI:NY fandom would stop dressing up its fascination with slash as anything more or less than what it is. If you're writing slash for any of the three reasons above, fabulous ... -