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EmmaRiddle · 11-22-2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FoxFire

Why not publish it? There's lots of published fanfics out there, from Buffy to Star Trek. If it's a good story, they could totally work something out.

Because then you'd be making a profit off the back of someone else's idea. Spin-off novels from TV shows are different - those writers are commissioned by the companies/studios involved.

11-22-2007, 03:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
EmmaRiddle Crup Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Posts: 17,077 Hogwarts RPG Name: Marcella Riddle Graduated	Kaplinski Rival Sorting Hat Machine Quote: Originally Posted by FoxFire *Why not publish it? There's lots of published fanfics out there, from Buffy* to Star Trek. If it's a good story, they could totally work something out.** Because then you'd be making a profit off the back of someone else's idea. Spin-off novels from TV shows are different - those writers are commissioned by the companies/studios involved.