edenfalling | help? please?

Um.

I just got an email from somebody who read "One of Those Days" -- my little H/Hr 'we'll probably get together sometime soonish but we're not admitting it, oh no we're not' story -- and who wants to continue it.

I have no interest in continuing the story. And I'm not really emotionally attached to it -- it's hard to get attached to something tossed off in about an hour -- but... still... it's my story. And I am very possessive of my stories. Comes of being a perfectionist, I think.

On the other hand, she obviously wants to write the story, her email was grammatically correct, and she's even offered to let me beta read it. (Not that I really want to beta read it; I know I'd just end up trying to rewrite her story.) And it's not as though it will really hurt my story, no more than fanfiction hurts canon...

I dunno.

Thoughts, anyone?

ETA: I told her to go ahead with it, so long as she makes it clear both that it's based on my story and that I am not in any way involved with her continuation.

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Tell her you'd rather she didn't.

If she goes ahead anyway, well, that's fanfiction for you. But at least you'll have made your wishes clear, and I suspect she won't go ahead without your say-so. People don't tend to.

Mmm. But it's not that I'd rather she didn't -- it's that I'm conflicted. I am possessive and kind of wincing at the thought of a continuation going in directions I wouldn't take it, but then again, I am generally okay reading fanfic of other fanfic, so it would feel hypocritical for me to refuse her.

I have decided to let her go ahead with it, under a couple conditions. I figure it probably won't hurt anything. After all, my story will still be there, and it's not as if one more piece of shipfic will kickstart the apocalypse. :-)

*sekritly crosses fingers*

But there's a big difference between "I'd rather you didn't" and "I have the RIGHT to FORCIBLY STOP YOU." Saying the first won't make you hypocritical.

True. However, the more I think about it, the more I realize that so long as the connection to my original fic and my lack of involvement in her continuation are made clear, I'd feel weird telling her that I'm hesitant about what she might do to my story. Particularly since it's a nothing sort of story tossed off for a community fic challenge thing.

If she wanted to continue "Secrets," however, that'd be a different story. (Speaking of, what does your November schedule look like? I am almost done with the setup for Valentine's Day, and the actual crisis moment in the corridor -- and the reaction scene -- should go fast once I get there, so I expect to be done certainly by Thanksgiving. I'm trying to push hard and finish by Halloween, but me and deadlines... eh.)

When's Thanksgiving? Near the end of November, isn't it? The week ending Friday, Nov 12, I have three essays due in, but I can see some beta-ing happening after that.

Fourth Thursday in November, by definition. This year that makes it... the 24th, I think.

hmm. That's a problematic subject. maybe ask for more details about the way she would handle it? if she's going to write something that contradicts your views about the pairing, then it's a no.

Or see it as a fanfic of your fanfic: ask that she put a disclaimer saying that you gave your agreement to let her write it but it is in no case the "official" sequel...?

I ended up deciding to let her go ahead with it. This is what I told her:

As long as you put a note at the beginning saying that it's based on my story but it's YOUR continuation and not necessarily how I would continue the story, I have no objections. That means I don't want you to repost my story as your first chapter -- just point readers to it, please. I don't need to beta read it (in all honesty, I'm a terrible beta and I'd probably drive you nuts tweaking things) but I'd appreciate a notice when you post your story.

I think that gives her free reign to go where she wants while making it clear that I'm not really associated with whatever she writes. (In case it ends up being horrifically awful, y'know.)

^____^ I couldn't have formulated it that well. Agree with you; that's the feeling I got the few times I was asked that, but i ended up saying no because i didn't know how to explain what I wanted. ^^; s'all good ^__^ *cuddlelove*

It's very generous of you to let her play in your world. My impulse, like your first one, would have been to say "no."

But you've put acceptable parameters around it, and it sounds like she respects not just your writing but your right to your work.

The way I've seen it, you've "paid it forward." We borrow from original works for our fanfic, and now you've had a chance to let someone borrow from you. Bless you for being gracious.

Occasionally I have a fit of something that might be termed 'social conscience.' This is always disconcerting to me, since I am really a terribly self-centered person. *shrug*

But I think, on due consideration, that as a fanfic writer myself, it would feel wrong to me to tell someone she couldn't use my work as a base for her own, whatever my initial impulses may be.

Well, it's really a huge compliment, so good for you on both getting the request and on agreeing to it!

hey! I've been lurking around your LJ for a while now. I'm absolutely IN LOVE with your fanfics ^^ I cannot wait for new chapters to come out. This said, I was wondering if I could friend you. May I?

Of course! I don't bite. (Um, the Naruto fanfic, the Harry Potter fanfic, or the random other things? *is curious*)

I've read lots of them (ie. waaaaaay to much for my brain to handle) and I LOVE the Naruto ones. The HP ones are interesting though not really my style (note: -.- I read them anyway ^^) I also read many of the 'other random stuff' and liked it. ^^

Well... just consider it an AU with the divergence coming from the end of your fic. It's not like you can't write your own story too. o.O

But you seem to have solved it already. :P

An AU divergence... I like that. :-)

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