do wonder what happens to them before, during, and after their stories. I do wonder about the implications of their actions Exactly. I was first going to say that its a question of writers vs not-writers, where writer's imaginations are primed by the text [of whatever kind] and not-writers accept or analyze but don't want to add to the text. But I have lots of conversations with family and friends who aren't writers but do have questions and ideas about the pre-, post- and what-ifs of the text/media artefact we're discussing. Instead I think it's a question of engagement. I don't get "fannish" about texts that do not engage me. The more engaged I am, for whatever reason, the more I talk about the text, question the text, imagine possibilities for the text, and create fanworks about the text. And when I'm engaged with a text, of whatever sort, I can't imagine *not* wondering, questioning, creating. But then I also can't grasp the idea that other people are not constantly imagining or "writing in their head", or however you want to perceive the notion of creativity. Thank you for an interesting post.
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Date: 2010-06-19 01:59 pm (UTC)Exactly. I was first going to say that its a question of writers vs not-writers, where writer's imaginations are primed by the text [of whatever kind] and not-writers accept or analyze but don't want to add to the text. But I have lots of conversations with family and friends who aren't writers but do have questions and ideas about the pre-, post- and what-ifs of the text/media artefact we're discussing.
Instead I think it's a question of engagement. I don't get "fannish" about texts that do not engage me. The more engaged I am, for whatever reason, the more I talk about the text, question the text, imagine possibilities for the text, and create fanworks about the text. And when I'm engaged with a text, of whatever sort, I can't imagine *not* wondering, questioning, creating. But then I also can't grasp the idea that other people are not constantly imagining or "writing in their head", or however you want to perceive the notion of creativity.
Thank you for an interesting post.