Ends what? This discussion? :-o
Lexator
Lexator
lexator222 Wrote:Ends what? This discussion? :-o
Lexator
10-4.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
For the record, I had a PM exchange with FPW who was pleased to see that this issue of fan fiction writing on this board has been put to rest.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
Well, getting slammed down so totally, especially by the man himself, leaves me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside........
guess it's time to move on!
guess it's time to move on!
lexator222 Wrote:Well, getting slammed down so totally, especially by the man himself, leaves me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside........
guess it's time to move on!
Don't feel bad, lexator! Copyright issues are very real. I remember back in 1998, Jimmy Webb (the great songwriter) had an event at B&N Lincoln Triangle, where I work. Jimmy was gracious, took a minute to talk with each fan who came to see him. But he would =not= accept any cassettes of original music. Again, copyright issues. But didn't he play the champ when an elderly lady tried to press upon him some of her lyrics. "You could write music to them, Jimmy!" "Well...you can too! I know you can!"
Wellllllllllll........Since I was the one who "opened" it (along with my MOUTH!! heheh) Then am I the one who has to "Close" it????
Newbie here, I don't know better! ;-)
Newbie here, I don't know better! ;-)
lexator222 Wrote:Newbie here, I don't know better! ;-)
That makes two of us.
And you don't have to be the one to close it.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Fan fiction is also dangerous ... it might totally confuse you and you end up with a totally warped timeline, list of events, characters etc.
I once made the mistake of reading some HP fan fiction, not knowing it was FF. (yeah, I didn't want to wait for the book to come to my country, so I googled and found some HTML files ... ).
So when I talked to my friends about the newest HP there were some serious arguments. I finally figured out I didn't read the real thing.
I'll stay away from FF from now on. Spin-offs, what-could-have-beens etc. happen in my head all the time, I don't need someone else to write it down for me.
I once made the mistake of reading some HP fan fiction, not knowing it was FF. (yeah, I didn't want to wait for the book to come to my country, so I googled and found some HTML files ... ).
So when I talked to my friends about the newest HP there were some serious arguments. I finally figured out I didn't read the real thing.
I'll stay away from FF from now on. Spin-offs, what-could-have-beens etc. happen in my head all the time, I don't need someone else to write it down for me.