http://otw-staff.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] otw-staff.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] otw_news2014-01-03 12:38 am

OTW Fannews: Slapping on labels

Fanfic by any other name is still fun, though the freedom to read & write may depend on where you live: http://bit.ly/1eZ7oWy

[identity profile] suda-pigrafan.livejournal.com 2014-01-03 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"...one problem emerges when professionally published content is somehow distinguished from fanfic simply because an outlet like NPR doesn't want to call it that. "When writers finish a book, they may think they've had the last word. But sometimes another writer will decide there's more to the story."

"Don't Call It Fanfic" - http://www.npr.org/2013/12/07/249058793/dont-call-it-fanfic-writers-rework-their-favorite-stories

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It's fanfic. :)