Some of what caught my attention was the "pro" writers' assumption that fan fic people wanted to move into the big time. I get the impression that fan fic writers are all over the place with that one, but mostly it's about using fiction to explore fiction, which is really quite okay.
People who want to get into the writer's personal life, that's really different. I don't think the worst of them want to get to know the writers as people. It's more like "if I can get this person to listen to me, take me seriously, I'm validated" on one hand and trying to knock the other person off the pedestal the fan put them on in the first place on the other.
It's certainly not unique to s.f. fandom, or even the arts.
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Some of what caught my attention was the "pro" writers' assumption that fan fic people wanted to move into the big time. I get the impression that fan fic writers are all over the place with that one, but mostly it's about using fiction to explore fiction, which is really quite okay.
People who want to get into the writer's personal life, that's really different. I don't think the worst of them want to get to know the writers as people. It's more like "if I can get this person to listen to me, take me seriously, I'm validated" on one hand and trying to knock the other person off the pedestal the fan put them on in the first place on the other.
It's certainly not unique to s.f. fandom, or even the arts.