Unofficial continuations
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:25 pm
You know how there are a lot of old stories out there, ones that are good enough for you to wish that it would be continued, but as far as you know it's dead and the author can't be contacted? What you'd hope for is to get the author's permission to re-write and/or continue their story, if you were of the mind to do such a thing.
So, there's this story that I like, that's been dead for seven years, and I've gotten no response from the author (who hasn't written anything else for just as long) using what contact information I could find. Considering these factors, would it be so bad to write an unofficial continuation? (The quality of the author's writing ability aside, of course.) I felt that I should ask since I don't know how far the stigma is carried, and to what extent, beyond circumstances where it's done without permission while the author is evidently still around and contactable.
So, there's this story that I like, that's been dead for seven years, and I've gotten no response from the author (who hasn't written anything else for just as long) using what contact information I could find. Considering these factors, would it be so bad to write an unofficial continuation? (The quality of the author's writing ability aside, of course.) I felt that I should ask since I don't know how far the stigma is carried, and to what extent, beyond circumstances where it's done without permission while the author is evidently still around and contactable.