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Time writes an article on fanfiction

8 Jul 2011

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J.K. Rowling probably isn't going to write any more Harry Potter books. That doesn't mean there won't be any more. It just means they won't be written by J.K. Rowling. Instead they'll be written by people like Racheline Maltese.

Maltese is 38. She's an actor and a professional writer — journalism, cultural criticism, fiction, poetry. She describes herself as queer. She lives in New York City. She's a fan of Harry Potter. Sometimes she writes stories about Harry and the other characters from the Potterverse and posts them online for free. "For me, it's sort of like an acting or improvisation exercise," Maltese says. "You have known characters. You apply a set of given circumstances to them. Then you wait and see what happens."

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16 comments:

  1. klutzy_girl8 July 2011 at 14:34

    This was awesome and I enjoyed reading to it. Plus, it doesn't even insult fics or fic writers!

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  2. Aisling Farrell8 July 2011 at 15:35

    Love the article, not a fic write myself but i do read them and its nice to see someone defending out right to create something new from an already existing source

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  3. Cadence8 July 2011 at 15:45

    Thanks for the article!


    I have mixed feelings about fan fiction. Some of it is written by excellent authors and expands on worlds in positive ways. For example, on DarkUFO back in the day, after each season had aired, fans would write scripts for the next season. They were often brilliant.

    Others are... really creepy xD. Shippers frighten me.

    Anyway, I read this post a while back made by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones) about why he has huge issues with fan fiction. It's an interesting read too.

    http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2010/05/george-r-r-martin-on-fan-fiction.html

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  4. darq8 July 2011 at 16:55

    I have to side with GRRM on this one... and you. Shippers freak me out. 

    I think it contributes to fans thinking they control a series, or a series is what the fan wants it to be about and not the artistic view of the showrunner/writer/author etc. It's great that it's fun for the writers, and sometimes they downright rock as writers, but when it almost crosses into delusion (as it does with "slash" sites and stories)..... It gets scary to me. 

    That's leaving out all the copyright and intellectual property issues. Fans do not own the characters and should not create for established characters...... that's the original writers job and privilege.

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  5. Dahne8 July 2011 at 17:04

    There are people out there that don't know about fan fiction?  That's the most surprising thing to me.  I have no issue with fan fiction.  It's not as if any fan fiction is canon and it tends to encourage people to view the source material.  Sure people go all crazy about certain things (I detest Wincest) but all in all I have found some great writers out there and sometimes it alleviates my frustration with the way a show is going.  I think it's a win for everyone.

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  6. Dahne8 July 2011 at 17:10

    Ah the murkiness of copyright.  Perhaps the first step would be to work on firming the copyright law so that there is a big difference between someone who is doing something for fun and someone who wants to profit off another's work.

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  7. darq8 July 2011 at 17:12

    That's how I feel. Writing for yourself is awesome, fun  and a good practice tool for wannabe writers possibly. I just have issues with them wanting to profit off established characters after they wrote something without the author's consent.

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  8. Airbat8 July 2011 at 17:45

    I started to read fanfic more and more. For once it provides me entertainment during a show hiatus and sometimes gives me the opportunity to read about certain events I's like a show to take.

    I also found incredibly talented writers among fanfic wirters who sometimes write better than some bought books I read.

    The only downside for me is, I have to work my way through all that stuff I don't wanna read (slash/incest ect. - sorry, just not ship this way) till I get one good story which takes up a tremendous amount of time sometimes :)

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  9. Karen8 July 2011 at 18:53

    I liked the article. I read NCIS fanfiction and find I prefer the ones most close to the "reality" of the show, the AU and other types don't interest me. To me and for that show, the best ones are the ones that I can picture in the episodes. And sometimes, the fanfic writers, do some incredible work and peg the characters way better than the writers can.

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  10. Brandon Rowe8 July 2011 at 19:13

    Interesting. I've never been a real fan of fan fiction. To me it's kinda like fantasy football. Maybe I'm just too single minded but for me the two conflict and I end up confused. I hope someday we'll get another story of Harry Potter from JK Rowling. Too bad by then the main stars we'll be too old to replay their parts. Who knows maybe she'll skip enough years ahead so they can replay them.:) 

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  11. Lunaticbabe8 July 2011 at 19:48

    What a great read. Thank you for posting it. 

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  12. Lunaticbabe8 July 2011 at 19:54

    I agree. Mid-May to early September is my fanfic-period. A way to tide me over. You see other people's thought on "what happens next" and sometimes share your own ideas with them, and then you go back to the show and see what the writers decided to do and how that ties in with what you all thought would happen.

    I also occasionally read fanfics for ended shows that I miss, or for guest or minor characters that a show doesn't have the space to develop. 

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  13. Dahne9 July 2011 at 03:58

    I like fan fiction that I could see actually happening on the show too.  When the plot is too far fetched or the characters are out of character, it pulls me out of the story instead of in.  Some of my favorite fan fiction actually provides added scenes to episodes that aired or tell scenes from that episode from another character's point of view.  When they are written well, they can actually make me enjoy the episode more because I approach it more well-rounded.

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  14. klutzy_girl9 July 2011 at 13:22

    You're welcome!

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  15. Cadence9 July 2011 at 15:57

     I guess that's the crux of Martin's argument. MOST people don't want to profit via fan fiction. They just love the world so much that they want to explore it more. Sometimes, this leads to nice additions that build on previous revelations. Sometimes, this leads to ridiculous out of character moments.

    THEN there are the occasional jerks who decide they want to profit. That's when stuff gets hairy.

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  16. Cadence9 July 2011 at 15:59

    That's a very good point. Sometimes, you just don't like the creative direction a show has chosen. This is often the case when a show jumps the shark. If you just backtrack to the last awesome moment and then start forward from there, sometimes, you can get something better than the original.

    I remember as a kid, I invested a LOT of time and money into a series of books called the Animorphs. After 54 novels and 10 specials, the author just ended the series with a whimper. She killed one character, enslaved another, and ended with the worst cliffhanger ever:

    "Let's ram the mothership".

    I was so frustrated (mind you, this was 2000) that I was able to find a couple of fan fiction versions of that last 3 or 4 novels that made the series whole again.

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