Westeros.org has this quote by GRRM on fanfiction:
On the legality thing, those stories were written with permission from Jack Vance himself. So just like television and gaming tie-in novels it doesn't infringe copyrights.
On the bad training thing, the authors of the Dying Earth anthology are all established authors, meaning they have already learned how to create their own stuff. We should be fine if they don't do this kind of thing too often.
On a sidenote, I once wrote an Oddworld fanfic myself. It sucked.
//This thread was split from the Song of Ice and Fire discussion where the question "is GRRM opposed?" was asked.
No NOT post fanfic or links to fanfiction (related to Robin's stories) to this forum. Thank you.
--Mervi //
George R. R. Martin Wrote:The reasons most authors frown on fan fiction are legal. If you do not defend your copyright, legally the case can be made that you have abandoned it, and you lose all ability to protect your work.
I also think that doing fan fiction is bad training for any aspiring writer. With the world and the background all provided, the writer does not learn to create these things for himself. Fan fiction is to fiction as paint-by-numbers kits are to painting.
Of course, it is very flattering when someone likes your world so much that they want to write stories in it, and you hate to douse any fan's enthusiasm... but ultimately it's a bad idea, for both fan =and= pro.
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On the legality thing, those stories were written with permission from Jack Vance himself. So just like television and gaming tie-in novels it doesn't infringe copyrights.
On the bad training thing, the authors of the Dying Earth anthology are all established authors, meaning they have already learned how to create their own stuff. We should be fine if they don't do this kind of thing too often.
On a sidenote, I once wrote an Oddworld fanfic myself. It sucked.
//This thread was split from the Song of Ice and Fire discussion where the question "is GRRM opposed?" was asked.
No NOT post fanfic or links to fanfiction (related to Robin's stories) to this forum. Thank you.
--Mervi //
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