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On other people writing sequels
Mar. 25th, 2006 04:39 pmSomeone at ff.net PMed me and asked to write a sequel to The Choices We Make.
Am...not entirely sure what to say. I don't particularly mind this person writing a sequel (I recognize her from one of the mailing lists I'm on, and she's pretty nice and not a stereotypical ff.net "writer"), as long as she makes it clear that even though I said it's all right, it's an unofficial sequel, because I like my fic's open ending the way it is. I don't think she'd have a problem with that.
So I'm probably going to give her the go-ahead. But...hmm, not sure how to put this--how much should I be involved? Even if it's an unofficial sequel, and even if it's not me writing it, it's still affiliated with me and my story. This person doesn't have horrible grammar, but it's not the best either (she spelled it "sequal" in the PM *wince*), and maybe it's a bit, hmmm, petty, but I don't want a story affiliated with me to have many grammar mistakes. Can I ask that I beta for her? I mean, I may have been the inspiration, but it's her story, and I don't want to force myself on her--especially since I am flattered that someone loved one of my stories enough to want to write a sequel to it.
How much involvement is reasonable? Should I be involved at all? Looking back on the original story, there are a few things I'm not entirely happy with and would rewrite, but it's still my story and I want to have a voice on anywhere someone else possibly takes it. eta: Well, maybe not a voice, per se. I wouldn't want to write it with her. Ehhh, not quite sure what I mean anymore.
Am...not entirely sure what to say. I don't particularly mind this person writing a sequel (I recognize her from one of the mailing lists I'm on, and she's pretty nice and not a stereotypical ff.net "writer"), as long as she makes it clear that even though I said it's all right, it's an unofficial sequel, because I like my fic's open ending the way it is. I don't think she'd have a problem with that.
So I'm probably going to give her the go-ahead. But...hmm, not sure how to put this--how much should I be involved? Even if it's an unofficial sequel, and even if it's not me writing it, it's still affiliated with me and my story. This person doesn't have horrible grammar, but it's not the best either (she spelled it "sequal" in the PM *wince*), and maybe it's a bit, hmmm, petty, but I don't want a story affiliated with me to have many grammar mistakes. Can I ask that I beta for her? I mean, I may have been the inspiration, but it's her story, and I don't want to force myself on her--especially since I am flattered that someone loved one of my stories enough to want to write a sequel to it.
How much involvement is reasonable? Should I be involved at all? Looking back on the original story, there are a few things I'm not entirely happy with and would rewrite, but it's still my story and I want to have a voice on anywhere someone else possibly takes it. eta: Well, maybe not a voice, per se. I wouldn't want to write it with her. Ehhh, not quite sure what I mean anymore.
