TheresDeath Of The Author A Critical Perspective That Hold That An Authors Intentions And Background

There’s “Death of the Author” a critical perspective that hold that an author’s intentions and background don’t really matter to the intepretation the work evokes in the viewer.  You can still enjoy, transform or derive whatever meaning you like from the work regardless of whatever the author is doing on twitter.

Since many series that have inspired transformative works are not written by a single author- they’re the work of a creative team, or a series of directors, or so many writers that the latest weren’t even alive when the series began- I propose a new term: Cataclysimic Exctinction Of The Authors, a critical perspective that acknoldeges that Group Projects Are Terrible and that the veiwer should feel free to sift through the rubble like a paleontologist, looking for exciting fragments to reconstruct into new interpretations, and to disregard the dirt.

Me, a naive fan fic author: “Okay, so there’s six of them. I can give each character some individual focus and character development.”

Me, actually writing the fic: “OH GAWD! THERE’S SIX OF THEM! This! THIS IS WHY CANON NEVER DEVELOPED ANYONE VERY WELL!”

I dream of the day when I won’t have to look at this fucking chart….

me: i'm writing this for me

my brain: ok here's the movie poster for the film adaptation of your novel twenty years from now and here's a group of fans stopping you on the street to tell you how much they adore your work and here's what you're wearing to your first book reading to celebrate its release--

me, shaking: i'm writing this for me

writing tip #2522:

instead of writing, draw what you think words should look like