i can understand people not being interested in seeing reformed lex and preferring stories of him being a villain (even if i don’t personally agree) but i saw someone leave a review on league of comic geeks insinuating that joshua williamson’s take on lex luthor was somehow indicative of his view on irl billionaires like musk and bezos and i really wanted to reply to the person and be like “hey serious question do you think ebeneezer scrooge reforming at the end of a christmas carol meant charles dickens was pro-billionaire”
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Fellas, I sit by this cute girl in French and she was talking about what she was writing for our one-word prompt thing, since today’s word was “mensonge” which just means lie (noun). And she was just making up a story about a husband getting caught in an affair, and I told her I had just written a paragraph encouraging people to lie for fun, in a way that keeps everyone in on the joke, like improv. Then I turn my music off bc we’re talking and she’s like “oh what are you listening to?” And I turn on the screen and it’s. fuckin. Liar. By the Arcadian Wild. Out of a FOUR HOUR LONG playlist.
Anyway she thought that was funny and I think im gonna ask her if she wants to get coffee sometime
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(This is in response to some conversation around fan works and 'expy' characters)
@juneegbertfanpage The short answer is, yes! But if you decide to go that route, there are a few things I'd recommend keeping in mind.
First, if your fanfic uses excerpts from the original text or basically follows the original plot, then you'll have to rewrite those bits. This probably seems obvious but you'd really, really be surprised what people think they can get away with. Similarly, if there are some incredibly recognizable setting elements, you may have a hard time making it seem original - it's a lot harder to turn a Pokemon fanfic into an original story than, say, a Star Trek fanfic.
Second, most fanfic relies heavily on the reader's understanding of the original work to skip out on establishing characters. You can't do that if you're going to call your story an original work. Reread the first few chapters and see if you need to put in more early moments to give the reader an idea of who these people are. Also go back over the worldbuilding - unless you're in the business of writing very detailed AUs, you may want to reinforce some background details about the world that you might've glossed over originally because the audience should already know those parts.
Asterisk on that last part: when you're doing this, it could be nice to take some liberties and do some things differently than the 'original' work - after all, you don't need to worry about making anyone OOC anymore, because that's a different guy now! At this point, being consistent with who your characters are later (or rather, telegraphing some of the development they may have) is better than just using whatever your story was originally based on.
Third, if you've already published the story elsewhere in its original fanfiction form, people will likely find both that version and the version you've made more your own. This isn't going to constitute a problem legally (unless somehow you get accused of plagiarizing yourself), but you will be made fun of for being a fanfic author. Assholes will deride your work, regardless of its quality or originality, simply because it began life as a fan work. You and I know that that's bullshit - not only is there nothing wrong with writing fanfiction, but also so many other works out there theoretically *could* have started life as a fanfiction of sorts, and they are still celebrated works. Point is, if the original fanfic version of your story exists online somewhere, it will be found, and people will make fun of you for it; you can't let them get under your skin. Not that that is easy, but it is necessary.
Finally, be warned: independent authors get screwed over at astronomical rates. I've never published a book, so I would defer to any number of folks who've gone through the process multiple times, but overall I'd be careful who you talk to and be doubly careful who you send a manuscript to. When you get toward the publishing stage (after carefully editing your prior work [and getting the help of a beta reader or ideally two - one familiar with the original work and one fresh]) I would highly recommend seeking out the advice of fellow authors - there are certainly dozens of advice posts that have circulated around here, as well as years of discussions on other sites such as Medium, Reddit, and Quora. I'd also look for panels at any conventions you might be going to - most of the science-fiction/fantasy fan cons will have one or two discussions on getting published, at least in my experience.
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