Writer's Block: Mind reader

[seawasp]

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"Mind reader meme".

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[seawasp]

Which is indeed the one clear difference between Fanfic and "realfic": you have to apply Sturgeon's law TWICE to Fanfic, because realfic goes through the first filtering in the slush, out of our sight.

[gary-jordan.livejournal.com]

"Lessee, 90% times 90% equals 81%... so FanFic is better?" (Hehhehheh)

Or did you mean that 90% of the remainder after the first 90% are eliminated are crap, too? (Effectively 99%).

Never mind, I read the essay. There's still plenty of RealFic crap that gets published because, well, there's a market for it. But a good Sturgeonistic percentage was winnowed out, which doesn't happen for most FanFic.

Which just goes to say (as vinnie_tesla is now loath to say in public*) "STURGEON WAS AN OPTIMIST".


* Where vinnie made his comments