1) I don't actually think fieldwork is an appropriate model for my interactions unless I'm, y'know, doing fieldwork. I mean, yes, certainly there are good lessons to be learned from anthropological ethics, but I'm talking more about casual interpersonal interaction, which isn't planned and organized the way research is. I doubt I, or anyone else, would stop to do in-depth cultural investigation before asking an off-the-cuff question in a bar conversation at a con.
2) The amount of time I've now spent discussing this makes it seem like I've got a long history of this type of interaction with fanfic writers, when I don't. I'm talking generally about a pattern I feel I'm seeing which is based not just on my own interactions, but those I see around me, and all of those people are going to be approaching it in their own way. I'm not going to speculate about how much those people do or do not know about the fanfic community.
3) Those few occasions when I have talked to fanfic writers about original fiction have universally been via personal relationships (usually those that had nothing to do with fanfiction, or even writing, in the first place). I don't go about looking for people to make offers of mentoring to; I ask a curiosity question of people I know.
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Date: 2007-04-29 07:58 am (UTC)2) The amount of time I've now spent discussing this makes it seem like I've got a long history of this type of interaction with fanfic writers, when I don't. I'm talking generally about a pattern I feel I'm seeing which is based not just on my own interactions, but those I see around me, and all of those people are going to be approaching it in their own way. I'm not going to speculate about how much those people do or do not know about the fanfic community.
3) Those few occasions when I have talked to fanfic writers about original fiction have universally been via personal relationships (usually those that had nothing to do with fanfiction, or even writing, in the first place). I don't go about looking for people to make offers of mentoring to; I ask a curiosity question of people I know.