{"id":233676,"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/08\/when-someone-tells-a-fanfiction-writer-that-2\/"},"modified":"2014-01-08T00:00:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:00:31","slug":"when-someone-tells-a-fanfiction-writer-that-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/01\/08\/when-someone-tells-a-fanfiction-writer-that-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

When someone tells a fanfiction writer that they’re “not a real writer,” I say to that person, “You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.” I do think there’s an innocent bravery to saying, “I’m going to write another Sherlock Holmes story,” but of course it’s already a new Sherlock Holmes the moment you start writing it. It’s not Doyle’s. It’s yours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jonathan Lethem, An Interview with Jonathan Lethem<\/p>\n

Fic:Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World by Anne Jamison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When someone tells a fanfiction writer that they’re “not a real writer,” I say to that person, “You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.” I do think there’s an innocent bravery … <\/p>\n

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