In my writing class we were talking about plagiarism and along with that, fan fiction. I used to hate the idea of fan fiction but we read Max at Sea for class and it wasn't half bad. It is based on Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sednak.
Personally, I love the book so much. When I saw that they were making a movie out of it I was so excited to see the movie. I went into the movie with the mindset that they often change the story a little or a lot. So I "cleared" my mind of the original book by Sednak so I could judge the movie without any bias of the book.
The movie itself was good, a little dark, but nonetheless it had great cinematic elements and the acting wasn't half bad. The screen play for the movie was based of a novel that Dave Eggers wrote. He got permission from Sednak to use the story and he wrote a novel and the movie. Sednak was involved with the production of the movie, which I thought was pretty cool.
In high school I read a little bit of fan fiction for Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I didn't like all of what I read. Usually I didn't finish a story because I was not impressed with how the author used characters or how they changed the character. I've read a few fan fictions where Harry Potter and Ron Weasley are intimate partners. Not sure I am alright with that. I'm not homophobic, I just like it the way J.K. Rowling had it better.
So for me, when it comes to fan fiction, the author shouldn't stray too far from the original story but should go far enough from it that it isn't exactly the same.
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