posesivnes of charicters

[pcpoet]

I have just started writing short story's and never understood writers dread of fan fiction till now. I have come up with a character and I don't ever want someone else using that character. anyone else feel possessive of there writing.

[superpsycho]

I have just started writing short story's and never understood writers dread of fan fiction till now. I have come up with a character and I don't ever want someone else using that character. anyone else feel possessive of there writing.

I think any author who spends time developing a character is going to be a little possessive of them at minimum, and potentially a whole lot if the character is unique and required a lot of time, effort and imagination.

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

If anyone fanficced any of my work, my emotional response is "Go for their eyes with a teaspoon."

[superpsycho]

If anyone fanficced any of my work, my emotional response is "Go for their eyes with a teaspoon."

It depends on the purpose I'd written the story for. If it's for publication, then of course I don't want people using my material but I've written short stories as an exercise for people to rewrite. Those they can use anyway they want simply because that's what they are for. Though I might get ticked if they put the original out as their own.

[The Deposed King]

If anyone fanficced any of my work, my emotional response is "Go for their eyes with a teaspoon."

I guess my first reaction would be how good is it.  Followed by dang I have to shut them down.  Followed by, did they use any of my secondary characters in a non-mainline setting?  Followed by, nah, probably still no good.

But I would be intrigued.  However with my MC and my core cast, I would probably not want them doing it.



The Deposed King

[Wordmaker]

At this stage in my career, I'd be delighted if someone just put up entries for my books on Wikipedia and TV Tropes.

If I found out someone was entertained by my work to the point they were inspired to write fan fiction, I'd be thrilled.

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

I guess my first reaction would be how good is it. 

The chances of anybody fanficcing work of mine getting things right in ways that work with the vast volume of background stuff I know about the setting and characters that don't make it into the text are negligible, though.

[Eire]

I think you've already mixed several things- ff writers never claim that they invented characters and usually copyringht prevent them from being published without permission. In USA and Western Europe, at least- Russians have very lax copyright and when it comes to fantasy lots of writers actively encourage fans to help them and come with own stories. I must say that I like this attitude- the original will always be the original and there's nothing bad in making fictional universe more diverse. 

Remember that our whole culture is one great fanwork- you may devote your life to trace things based on Bible, Greek Mythology or Arthurian Legends and that won't be enough.

[meg_evonne]

More to the point, how would you know it? On a practical side, no one but someone very good could possibly write your character like you can.

[superpsycho]

I'm sure a really good writer could get a lot of things out of one of my characters I'd never even thought of but if they were a really good writer why would they need to.

[LizW65]

I just hope I get well known enough to be fanficced some day. Wouldn't read it though - I don't want to be influenced by someone else's interpretation of my fictional world.

[Wordmaker]

Having written fanfic myself, it's more about wanting to explore beloved characters in a new light, and using established work to help improve your own writing. At least, that's how it was for me. It's not about needing to use someone else's characters.

[pcpoet]

I just started to try and write short stories. I have read fan fiction but realy don't have a desire to do it. I want to tell my stories not explore other peoples. but I am finding the more I write the more possessive I feel for my characters.

[Wordmaker]

My own experience of writing for publication has been that I lost any sense of possessiveness pretty quickly once editing started 

[meg_evonne]

My own experience of writing for publication has been that I lost any sense of possessiveness pretty quickly once editing started 

Here, I've been very fortunate.