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still kind of a stealthy love ninja ([personal profile] zvi) wrote in [community profile] podficmeta2010-04-28 01:02 pm

From Roga

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?
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[personal profile] anatsuno 2010-04-29 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
no, I mean, I completely get your hesitation to say anything. It's kinda like concrit, where even half the people who say they want it don't actually want it, so most of us end up erring on the side of caution and not saying anything. I can /guarantee/ that I as a podfic recorder would like to know, but I can sadly not say that you should 100% for sure go and tell this person, so. It's tough.