Novelverse In The Wake Of On-Screen Changes - How Do Authors Feel?

[Damian]

Nothing wrong with it, it’s just more involved.

At the very least, I'd have to write a full outline and a couple sample chapters, with no guarantee of ever getting paid for it.

I guess another thing would be with tie-ins, there are already certain parameters. You have established characters and settings to work with. You don't have to start from scratch.

Now there's a great deal of freedom working on your own fiction. It sounds like Christopher, for instance, likes that freedom with his original works. But I'd imagine there's a lot more work involved with the writing as well. I mean, you'd have to create everything yourself. And hope that your readers are intrigued and entertained by that. With Star Trek fiction, for instance, you already know you have a built in audience.

But it's a good goal to have, to someday write something original. I'm sure there'd be a great sense of personal satisfaction involved with having something say 'created by Greg Cox' or 'created by J.J. Miller'. Having something you can do anything you want to with.

 

[Christopher]

Now there's a great deal of freedom working on your own fiction. It sounds like Christopher, for instance, likes that freedom with his original works. But I'd imagine there's a lot more work involved with the writing as well. I mean, you'd have to create everything yourself.

But on the other hand, you don't have to make as much effort to be consistent with other people's works. There's still research involved if you want to keep things plausible like I do, but at least I just have to research science stuff, instead of science stuff and Trek continuity.

Plus, it feels less like work when you're your own boss and get to build your worlds just the way you want them. It's more of a labor of love that, if you're lucky, you get paid for.