It's more like this: the writer takes the world and the characters, then makes some subtle changes that make the world and characters his own. There are also quite a few original characters and original ideas. The original work is rather an inspiration for the new book, kind of like with poetry. The thing is, the writer who can do all that is not likely to spend time writing a lot of fanfics. S/he would rather write something original.
Oh, and one more thing. In a good original work, there are always something left out of the story. The "лакуны" that the other post is writing about. That's exactly what allows the reader to exersize brain and imagination. Fanfic often leave nothing out, rather, they fill out the blanks. There are not much work for readers' brains there.
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Date: 2010-08-10 06:33 pm (UTC)Well, it would seem then that the farther fanfic is from the original, the better it could be. I'm not sure it is so.
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Date: 2010-08-10 06:53 pm (UTC)Also, think about "Buratino" :)
No, I would not formulate it this way.
It's more like this: the writer takes the world and the characters, then makes some subtle changes that make the world and characters his own. There are also quite a few original characters and original ideas. The original work is rather an inspiration for the new book, kind of like with poetry.
The thing is, the writer who can do all that is not likely to spend time writing a lot of fanfics. S/he would rather write something original.
Oh, and one more thing. In a good original work, there are always something left out of the story. The "лакуны" that the other post is writing about. That's exactly what allows the reader to exersize brain and imagination.
Fanfic often leave nothing out, rather, they fill out the blanks. There are not much work for readers' brains there.
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Date: 2010-08-11 07:20 pm (UTC)