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"plagiarism, or a good way to encourage young writers?"
I glanced at a copy of School Library Journal at work today and saw this cover blurb:
Okay, 1)by the definition of "using someone else's work or ideas," yes, of course it's plagiarism; by the definition of "passing someone else's work or ideas off as one's own," no, of course it isn't. That clears things up, right?
2)We're not all teenagers.
I skimmed the article, and it was pretty positive, and dispelled a lot of the myths like "fanfic is uncreative" and "fanfic is all crap," which was nice. And I realize this was School Library Journal, but still, I would have liked some acknowledgement that fanfic is about more than just teenyboppers just getting into writing.
Their hook into the article was something like "when Harry met Bella; remember that time Harry Potter took Bella Swann to the prom?" To which, all I can say is "Ack!!"
An outsider's view on fandom is always amusing, in a shake-your-head, they-just-don't-get-it kind of way.
Fanfiction: plagiarism, or a good way to encourage young writers?
Okay, 1)by the definition of "using someone else's work or ideas," yes, of course it's plagiarism; by the definition of "passing someone else's work or ideas off as one's own," no, of course it isn't. That clears things up, right?
2)We're not all teenagers.
I skimmed the article, and it was pretty positive, and dispelled a lot of the myths like "fanfic is uncreative" and "fanfic is all crap," which was nice. And I realize this was School Library Journal, but still, I would have liked some acknowledgement that fanfic is about more than just teenyboppers just getting into writing.
Their hook into the article was something like "when Harry met Bella; remember that time Harry Potter took Bella Swann to the prom?" To which, all I can say is "Ack!!"
An outsider's view on fandom is always amusing, in a shake-your-head, they-just-don't-get-it kind of way.