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NC-17 Stories Have Plots!
Teri:
my friend and famous fan fiction writer (been recognized at least a dozen times) and is an NC17 writer wrote me this in an email.
"I've always had an issue with things like that...
people that pitch fits and everything gets changed
because of them... when it would be so much
easier/nicer for everyone else if they'd just skip the
stuff they don't like."
Honestly she's right, when I read slash if I'm not necessarily comfortable with a sex scene I'll skip the sex scene and focus on the other parts of the story. Pretty much what we're trying to say here is don't judge a book by it's cover.
nicksgal:
There are plenty of authors that don't get recognized merely because of what genre they write.
So don't feel like you're the only one who gets looked over, causing you to preach your validity. It happens; it's fanfic. Not everyone will like everything.
Tri:
--- Quote from: Teri on October 07, 2007, 04:19:11 PM ---my friend and famous fan fiction writer (been recognized at least a dozen times) and is an NC17 writer wrote me this in an email.
"I've always had an issue with things like that...
people that pitch fits and everything gets changed
because of them... when it would be so much
easier/nicer for everyone else if they'd just skip the
stuff they don't like."
Honestly she's right, when I read slash if I'm not necessarily comfortable with a sex scene I'll skip the sex scene and focus on the other parts of the story. Pretty much what we're trying to say here is don't judge a book by it's cover.
--- End quote ---
I agree, too. I don't personally like slash, but I'm not going to insult a story and judge it without reading it. If I read it and it didn't make sense or if it was just poorly written, that's one thing. But if it was a truly wonderful piece of literature, then it deserves praise and recognition, regardless of whether or not I personally liked it the content or subject matter. I feel like that would be as petty as having a story recommended to me that's focused on Justin Timberlake instead of Nick Carter and me bashing it because it's about someone I don't particularly care for. If it's a good story, it's a good story.
For instance, I think that mine and Teri's stories are well-written grammatically, in accordance to the Boys' real lives, and in sync with our own time lines for the story. In short, they flow. You know how many stories I've read that don't make sense just in the subject of time order? I've seen people skip full years. That can definitely cause an author to lose credibility in their writing. Not whether there's one sex scene in the whole story or ten! That shouldn't diminish the storyline.
Teri:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on October 07, 2007, 04:31:11 PM ---There are plenty of authors that don't get recognized merely because of what genre they write.
So don't feel like you're the only one who gets looked over, causing you to preach your validity. It happens; it's fanfic. Not everyone will like everything.
--- End quote ---
I have to say thank you for your opinion but, that right there is the REASON why this has been allowed to go on for so long. We're not saying that everyone would like us. No b/c we're not mind readers but we would like people to make up there minds AFTER giving us a chance. And not pre-judging who we are and what we write about just because of a stupid notion that is completely overly generalized and discriminatory .
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: Teri on October 07, 2007, 04:36:15 PM ---I have to say thank you for your opinion but, that right there is the REASON why this has been allowed to go on for so long. We're not saying that everyone would like us. No b/c we're not mind readers but we would like people to make up there minds AFTER giving us a chance. And not pre-judging who we are and what we write about just because of a stupid notion that is completely overly generalized and discriminatory .
--- End quote ---
Well, I hate to say it, but this post probably won't result in the outcome you want.
Here's a post, of similar caliber, with a similar goal:
http://absolutechaos.net/fictalk/index.php?topic=221.0
I'm sure the outcome you get will be very much the same.
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