Hi all,
Sharing because I know many of us love her stories, and hopefully other authors can provide their ideas as well.
Here is the background,
It was evil author day sometime this week, bring with it a story called "Harry's Vow, from Zathara01...at least at ao3.
Its a fine work, with my asking in the comments what motivates an author to place a work in the evil author pyre.
These are stories an author for whatever reason likely does not intend to finish.
her wisdom was that she, due to at the time having just completed her child of iron work, not wishing to do the rewrite required.
meaning change a detail and ripples lead to reconstructing the source material..which I am unsure is such a bad thing.
as I consider though I am wondering if there might be a middle ground between rewriting source material, and retelling source material.
I recall many a post here where members are frustrated by works that end up rehashing hp source material, as well as posts complaining about odd leaps that do not make sense characterization wise.
So, is it possible in your opinion to meet in the middle?
make tiny changes that lead to interesting shifts but avoid major ripples requiring major rewriting of source material?
will save my own thoughts after I get your own..and if you are a member of both lists, simply post where most comfortable.
Thanks,
Kare
