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Originally Posted by dillsandwitch
spindlegirl I think you should encourage your daughter to write if that is what she wants to do and is passionate about it.
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I entirely agree. It's not the
writing that's the issue; it's the
publishing.
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Granted "fanfic" may breach the copyright laws but is they grey area that a few have mentioned. But then again i had many assignments in high school that were just that with out calling it fanfic.
"what do you think would have happened here if this went this way or that didn't happen... etc in books were studied in English class. even in our final exam for year 12 we had one of those...
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The difference is that those essays were not published. Writing for personal pleasure, or for a school assignment, is absolutely fine.