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30 Days of Fanfiction meme (day 28)
Jul. 29th, 2011 02:17 am28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?
I picked fiction writing as "my" art - I was very young at the time - partly because no one else "owned" that one in my family (poetry and memoir yes, but not fiction), partly because you could practice it with the least overhead/equipment and the most alone time. Want to dance? You have to buy shoes and rent a studio. Want to make a film? That requires dealing with actors. XD; I'm much more mature about trusting other people's expertise now, as a grownup, but at base this is the kind of person I am. Discussing WIPs (mine, yours) is fun. Actual collaborative writing is more a Does Not Compute than a Do Not Want. One day I would have to sit at the end of a table and watch people write collaboratively, and then I would understand what that even means.
I've tried collaborating with artists but it's always petered out on my end. I've also occasionally received art after the fact - fanart - and that's absolutely lovely, but not the same thing as collaboration.
I picked fiction writing as "my" art - I was very young at the time - partly because no one else "owned" that one in my family (poetry and memoir yes, but not fiction), partly because you could practice it with the least overhead/equipment and the most alone time. Want to dance? You have to buy shoes and rent a studio. Want to make a film? That requires dealing with actors. XD; I'm much more mature about trusting other people's expertise now, as a grownup, but at base this is the kind of person I am. Discussing WIPs (mine, yours) is fun. Actual collaborative writing is more a Does Not Compute than a Do Not Want. One day I would have to sit at the end of a table and watch people write collaboratively, and then I would understand what that even means.
I've tried collaborating with artists but it's always petered out on my end. I've also occasionally received art after the fact - fanart - and that's absolutely lovely, but not the same thing as collaboration.
