There's much here that I'd like to respond to, but I'm tired. So,
Min: But we feel movie-verse has a negative connotation in the minds of others, Mitai.
Mitai: In short answer - change that. Write a whole crapload of really stunning fic.
I'd suggest that there *is* a crapload of stunning movie fic out there. Both romantic and non.
The movie created ficwriters. First off, there's no reading in the movie. You're jumping from a fully visual media to a fully written one. (Yes, I realize you 'see' words. You know what I'm talking about. =) That's a hell of a leap. At least with comics you've got a medium that's half-art and half-words. A little easier to transfer from one to the other without losing quite so much in between.
Whoa, whoa, back up the truck.
People have been writing fanfic about visual media since the modern version of fanfic began. Now, you can talk about the new writers, some of whom have never set pen to paper before, sure. But I don't think you can make a blanket statement about the leap from visual to written media. I mean, litfic is *less* acceptable in many places than media fic (and I have my own issues with litfic and authorial ownership etc. that I won't get into now), and while many people who aren't familiar with writing decide to write fanfic, I don't think the medium of the text they're ficcing is really relevant. In fact, I'd say it's *harder* in some cases with text, because there's the issue of trying to write like the original author, which isn't so much the case in media fanfic.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: Second half of reply
Date: 2002-10-28 08:22 pm (UTC)Min: But we feel movie-verse has a negative connotation in the minds of others, Mitai.
Mitai: In short answer - change that. Write a whole crapload of really stunning fic.
I'd suggest that there *is* a crapload of stunning movie fic out there. Both romantic and non.
The movie created ficwriters. First off, there's no reading in the movie. You're jumping from a fully visual media to a fully written one. (Yes, I realize you 'see' words. You know what I'm talking about. =) That's a hell of a leap. At least with comics you've got a medium that's half-art and half-words. A little easier to transfer from one to the other without losing quite so much in between.
Whoa, whoa, back up the truck.
People have been writing fanfic about visual media since the modern version of fanfic began. Now, you can talk about the new writers, some of whom have never set pen to paper before, sure. But I don't think you can make a blanket statement about the leap from visual to written media. I mean, litfic is *less* acceptable in many places than media fic (and I have my own issues with litfic and authorial ownership etc. that I won't get into now), and while many people who aren't familiar with writing decide to write fanfic, I don't think the medium of the text they're ficcing is really relevant. In fact, I'd say it's *harder* in some cases with text, because there's the issue of trying to write like the original author, which isn't so much the case in media fanfic.