Bwa

[marycrawford]

This comment by bunny in Fandom Wank made my day. Especially the bit about Dante.

"If people like Lee and Claire and myself are wrong - then why is there not ONE full-time writer who also engages in fanfic?" - Paul Guyot.

Hm, let me introduce:

W. Shakespeare - Never thought up an original story on his own and his OCs were limited to supporting players. Also very prolific RPFer.

J. Milton - The original Bible ficcer.

Dante A. - RPFer who went to Hell and back for his art.

G.B. Shaw - Greek myths ficcer. His work has been labelled AU.

C.S. Lewis - decided to tell Apuleius' Cupid and Psyche from the point of view of the evil sister.

C. Marlowe and J.W. Goethe - competing writers in the Doctor Faustus fandom. Marlowe's version is a bit lame, but Goethe's sequel totally sucked.

Brothers Grimm - worse plagiarisers than Cassie Claire. But even more famous than her.

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[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly. Just a spectacularly stupid comment, and this Guyot wasn't the only one. I'm also disappointed in Holly Lisle's virulent stance on the matter - 'spray graffiti all over the author's vision', oh please. I haven't read her books, but she does have a huge site devoted to helping other people learn how to write.