From Roga

[zvi]

Roga would like to talk about re-editing and re-writing works for podficcing.

Would readers be interested in editing works for podficcing, whether for content (e.g. sex scenes), length, adding dialogue tags, etc.? Does "permission to record" cover a blanket "permission to adapt"?

How would authors feel about re-writing stories so they are easier to be read or to be understood orally? For instance, if your alien language just isn't pronounceable by human beings, or if you've written something in an experimental, visual structure.

And, Roga didn't ask this, but I would like to know, how would we, as listeners, react to getting a story that was changed from the text? How extensive would the changes have to be for you to want a heads up before you downloaded? Would you want the changes indicated in the metadata or also during the story reading?

Comments

[roga]

Hi! :) I posted a comment below explaining why I brought up sex scenes, so I won't repeat it here, but. Your words are wise, and I agree that for anything other than minimal typos, one should get author permission, just to be on the safe side. As long as the author is credited with writing the fic, it should be their words that are being read.

I don't think adaptation for reading is a bad thing; I think it can create opportunities for more fics of different kinds to be podficced, and yes, it requires more effort, but it might yield great results. And maybe if there were a culture of making these small kinds of adaptations, it would just feel more acceptable to ask an author for permission to do that.