Posted by Mark Davies-3 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/UFO-Fan-Fiction-tp1513925.html

Lightcudder responded:


>I agree that criticism of fanfiction is acceptable, but it >does need to be based on the accuracy of the content >and the grammar, rather than one's personal reaction to >the storyline. Each writer has their own individual style, >just as fans have their own preferences for episodes, >actors, models etc. Some writers are not 'approved of' >by a minority of readers.
>There are several people who really, really object to my >'Alan' stories in the Thunderbirds site and who are >personally abusive. If people don't like a particular style >of writing, then they should know to avoid those stories.
>I do not read Agatha Christie for example.
>One other thing to consider. Fanfiction kept Star Trek >alive for decades. Fanfiction is just another expression >of people's love for a series that was all too short and >yet still keeps us enthralled.
>Oh yes.. and I do try to illustrate my stories.. just can't >do everything at once!

Just a couple of points.I don't agree about criticism only being about grammar and accuracy of content.

For example,someone could write,and for all I know they already have (it wouldn't surprise me) a pornographic version of UFO.It might even be very well written.However it is more than acceptable to suggest that such a story should never have been written at all.
This goes for other less extreme examples as well,like "Jeff Tracey meets Col Lake" or "Straker's Adventures in Oxford Street"
I think it perfectly ok to throw these kinds of stories straight into the Ash Can (as Henderson would say)
Naturally people are pefectly entitled to write these kinds of stories,although I would find it hard to accept that it is purely out of an appreciation and love of UFO.
At best it might be said to be a mis-guided respect.A respect perhaps, we could do without.

Mark UK

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