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50 Shades of Grey - kinda curious on everyone's thoughts
Pengi:
I was rereading some posts and noticed the comment Julie made about "writing a real book"... I think writing non-AU FF, in some ways, can actually be harder because there's so many pre-formed "rules" that people will notice if you violate them. Because you're writing about actual lifestories and theres facts and truths that aren't within your control, keeping the storylines realistic and creative can be a really hard line to walk. Then again, you don't have to create the characters, so its also easier in a way I guess. Personally I find the challenge of staying - for lack of a better word, as used by book FF writers I'll use the phrase 'true to the canon' - harder than writing the characters myself. You can bend stories and invent quirks for situations to make them happen the way you want to with your own characters. With non-AU FF you've got a set of personality types and backstories to work with. All that to say I hate it when people knock fan fic writers for not writing "real" stories...
twofaced:
I will put my disclaimer up now: I just bought 50 shades yesterday... haven't cracked it open. That being said...
I have mixed feelings about it. I bought it because I've been hearing mixed reviews on it and I'm the kind of person who will read something people are iffy about (or if one group i.e. a church tells me not to), that way I can make up my own mind about it. I decided to buy it to help out a fellow fanfic writer (no, never met her, but still, I feel we should band together, never know if one of us is going to get a big break and we can say "I remember her when...")
I am hesitant to read it because of the fact it was a Twilight fanfic. I read twilight as a youth minister (my girls were asking me my faith based thoughts on it, so felt I had to read it in order to answer their questions adequately) and have to say, not very impressed with Twilight in general. Women at work are obsessed about it and now the latest topic of conversation at work is 50 shades, so yeah, will eventually read it (once I get through my other books I'm working on).
I will say this about my coworkers: I have started to get them to read The Hunger Games, and they are loving it, so there's hope yet for them...
My sister in law was reading 50 shades while also reading THG and said "One is a great work of literary fiction, the other is making my ears bleed and my brain explode, guess which is which..." then continued to tell her friends how crap 50 shades was.
I know that was kind of all over the board, but to sum it up: I bought it to support a fanfic writer, and I will read it, though I don't have high hopes...
Carter-Orange:
People seem to either love it or hate it! A lot of my friends think it's the best book they've ever read, whilst I abandoned it and thought it was awful lol.
I do support fanfic writers though and would love to see some of my favourite fanfics turned into original fiction and published :)
mare:
Wow, if everyone had that we should buy it just because it was a fanfic and should help each other out mentality, maybe I wouldn't be living on ramen noodles lol
Wishes more people would remember she has a book published from a fanfic :( lol yes it was awhile ago but still... If only I had made it smutty
Carter-Orange:
You should publish it to Kindle :)
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