Amazing!

[radbooks]

I NEVER thought I'd see the day that Fan-Fiction would be promoted in School Library Journal!  In the August 1st edition there is an article titled 'When Harry Met Bella: Fanfiction is all the Rage. But is it plagiarism? Or the perfect thing to encourage young writers?'

Here are some highlights:

... While fanfiction may seem new, it’s actually old.

Comments

[rhyselle]

Great article! And that's awesome that it's made it into a library journal. Thanks for sharing it!

[radbooks]

You're welcome! I thought it was pretty cool... I'm going to print it out and keep it as a handy reference for some of my colleagues. :)

[telperion1]

The snippets you posted are really interesting. I want to read more. (And will when I have the time

[radbooks]

Yes, make sure you read it when you have time.

While I see what you're saying about the ancient Greeks, I do think that's a little different because as you said it's a 're-telling' of the same myth. They aren't changing it to fill in a gap in the story or to expand on what might have happened afterward, etc. At least as far as I know... I really don't know a lot about the ancient Greek playwrights! :)

[rhapsody11]

Very very awesome! I always thought as much, but to see it in an article made my day!

[radbooks]

It is really neat to see it as such an acceptable type of writing and being encouraged.

[lindahoyland]

That is great we are being mentioned in mainstream media.I much prefer my writing to be something I can talk about to offline friends(which I do) than be seen as a furtive hidden activity.

[radbooks]

I totally agree with you!!

[lindahoyland]

I actually lost a friend who said my stories were so "disgusting and disgraceful" that her son said i was unfit to mix with! Maybe if we were more widely accepted as a mainstream activity, that would not have happened. And the story was "A Time to Reap" is one I'd happily share with anyone as I would all my work.

[radbooks]

That is so sad! *HUG*

[radbooks]

You're welcome! I just sort of stumbled across it. I was especially glad to see it in that particular magazine because a couple of my library friends know I write fanfic and I know they think it's strange. :)

I've just now heard of this transformative works. What is the organization?

[radbooks]

Oh, thanks! What an interesting site, I'm going to spend some time looking it over. I have the first of Naomi's books but haven't read it yet... so many books, so few hours in the day! :)