used in fiction quite a lot and quite effectively. But it's got to be done diferently.
I think that's part of it, though -- fanfic writers who are really good (that is, get a strong reaction from fans) think, this can be translated into original fiction, and be equally enjoyed. And maybe it can... but then a lot of fanfic writers (myself included) discount the patterns we've learned in fanfic, and don't realize we're discarding what are very useful skills, if translated properly. Then there are fanfic writers who seek to write ofic (or rewrite fanfic as ofic), who retain all those styles/tropes and ways-of-writing, and don't get why they're being criticized. To go even more tangential to your comment, I think some fanfic writers get cranky about ofic'd-works because they say, "this is nothing like canon!" or at least the numbers are filed off so well that outside someone who read the fanfic version, no one would guess. And probably no one does -- except that the mode of telling the story retains those fanfic hallmarks.
I guess you could say, something gets lost in translation -- and what needed to be lost, didn't get lost. Heh.
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Date: 18 Dec 2009 10:25 pm (UTC)used in fiction quite a lot and quite effectively. But it's got to be done diferently.
I think that's part of it, though -- fanfic writers who are really good (that is, get a strong reaction from fans) think, this can be translated into original fiction, and be equally enjoyed. And maybe it can... but then a lot of fanfic writers (myself included) discount the patterns we've learned in fanfic, and don't realize we're discarding what are very useful skills, if translated properly. Then there are fanfic writers who seek to write ofic (or rewrite fanfic as ofic), who retain all those styles/tropes and ways-of-writing, and don't get why they're being criticized. To go even more tangential to your comment, I think some fanfic writers get cranky about ofic'd-works because they say, "this is nothing like canon!" or at least the numbers are filed off so well that outside someone who read the fanfic version, no one would guess. And probably no one does -- except that the mode of telling the story retains those fanfic hallmarks.
I guess you could say, something gets lost in translation -- and what needed to be lost, didn't get lost. Heh.