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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
How about another option. Writing a trilogy based on Twilight and have it be a NYT bestseller for several months straight. (for profit)
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Oh noes, you mentioned the horrors!
I firmly believe that fanfic is fanfic and should not be for profit. So to take your fanfic story, rework some stuff and sell it... well, that just seems kind of skeavy to me, but I can get past that. But my problem with that particular trilogy -- 50 Shades Of Which We Do Not Speak -- is that it feels as though the whole reason it got famous was because it was a fanfic. They used it as a marketing ploy, and it worked in this particular case, but I'm still waiting for litigation to start in the future.
You can rework your fanfic into an original story, but to use the fact that it began as a fanfic to gain attention... Seems like very dangerous ground to me.