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posted by [identity profile] meghan70.livejournal.com at 08:08am on 26/08/2009
doing anything fannish, whether it be art, fic, vidding, etc. is strange to people who aren't in it. i just spent close to a month working on a painting for a big bang fest and i had a rl friend ask why i bothered, if i'm not getting paid. *shakes head*

the problem with fic is there a lot of bad fic out there and fans who aren't in fandom think it's all like that. there are some fanfic writers i prefer to read over certain published authors. i'd be really surprised to hear any producer types be in favour of it. there's all sorts of legalities there that they'd rather avoid.
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posted by [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com at 12:17am on 27/08/2009
You should find out what your rl friend does for hobbies and personal entertainment and ask her why she bothers if she's not getting paid to scrap book/bird watch/play tennis/whatever. Lol.

Yes, there is a lot of astonishingly bad fic. And maybe that is all people see. But I have to admit, I have picked up some astonishingly bad novels at the bookstore lately. So, yeah. But being published is like getting some stamp of approval or legitimacy, so who cares about quality? *shrug*
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