In defense of fan fiction, and ignoring the 'pretensions of polish'

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In defense of fan fiction, and ignoring the 'pretensions of polish'
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Fan fiction may not command the same respect as other literary pursuits, but one author makes a passionate case for why it's a rich mode of expression.

I find fan fiction especially a really interesting and really rich mode of expression that, of course, a lot of people look down on because it lacks a certain literary polish. But I respect that about fan fiction. I respect that fan fiction is so much the product of a compulsion, of a yearning, that it almost forgoes all of these pretensions of polish, of quality, of sophistication.

are now concerning themselves with how to define it, so as to protect both fan fiction writers and the authors of the work it is based on.

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