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

[busaikko]

I'm an author who has posted stories with PG and NC17 versions. I see no problems with this at all, provided there was consent between the author and the reader. However, I would be leery of an invisible pressure on the author to agree to edit her story (otherwise no one will record my fic) and of providing two fic options (PG and NC17) and only one podfic (PG). It would not be that hard to record both, actually, as the PG13 generally relies on the tried-and-true 'fade to black' after some kissing/making out *g* and is therefore simply shorter.

It's interesting your reasons for not wanting explicit content. I was thinking more of people who listen to fic in cars or living rooms, with other family members and friends around listening in *g*