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Writing Excuses 9.20: Creator vs Creation

Writing Excuses

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How Much Do the Fans Own Their Art?

Howard Kurtz: The reader reaction is not wrong. Even if it's not something that you planned, even if it is a reaction that you really don't want them to have, it's not wrong. And so, yeah, I agree 100%. My question then, the natural seg is how much do the fans own the art and how much not? We get into the issues where Neil Gaiman posted, George R. Martin to paraphrase does not belong to you. He may do what he wishes. But at the same time, I went through this thing where with the Wheel of Time, I was brought in as the writer on it. But I felt that at that point

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