ext_1732 ([identity profile] mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] otw_news2007-12-28 05:18 pm

Anti-fanfic Bingo, redux

All right! Our first round of Anti-Fanfic Bingo went beautifully, and we have plans for your responses, but let's move on to the second row of the card:



How would you respond to these accusations? Just like last time, please tell ComRel!


Graphic by the wonderful Ciderpress.

Ithiliana's post that started it all is here.

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[identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com 2008-01-07 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Are things only worth doing if we do them professionally?
Word. My mother was upset at me for writing fanfic because if all I write is fanfic, I'll never win a Pulitzer. I tried pointing out that I'd never win a Pulitzer anyway...

[identity profile] elliemurasaki.livejournal.com 2008-01-07 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/fiction/works/

Which fits somewhere on the bingo card as an answer all by itself, but I don't feel like figuring out where.

[identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com 2008-01-07 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha. So my new plan is to wait a hundred years or so for the source material to become public domain, publish my fanfic, win the Pulitzer, and make my mother happy. This sounds brilliant to me.