thats a different point than your first one you said the only difference is the paycheck not true. if the quality was the same the publishers would be takinbg the free stuff.
That's doesn't work, BSAMS. If I wrote some Spider-Man stories in my free time and Marvel decided they were good, they couldn't just take them since I originally did them for free. They would have to still pay me. Then I would be a published Spider-Man writer and not a fanfic writer.
As for the thread as a whole, I agree with Fused. You might say that a comic book writer doesn't write as well as this fanfic writer or this other writer (who may have his own properties or not) but the difference between someone who writes for his own joy and a professional is, as Fused said, a paycheck.
You missed the whole point, I didnt say they could take the fanfic. I'm saying if fanfic writers were up to the quality why would Marvel pay someone what they pay them, when there are virtually thousands of rabid fanboys who would write it on the cheap? They don't just arbitrarily(sp?) say lets throw a bunch of money at this fanfic writer. Do a yahoo search there are thousands of fanfic writers, and I would bet 98% of them would write Avengers or whatever they are fans of for a dollar. But generally speaking its not up to snuff. Or if it is they dont have the skills to get it published. Which is not a knock, it takes a little something extra in any field to be a upper tier proffessional. Fused analogy is like saying the only difference between a MLB player and The local summer team is the paycheck. Just not true.....
