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> I'm talking about the importance of the intention, because you said it's not as important as interpretation. It's easy to write a story and mess up because of the choice of words. A writer can imagine a story in their head and then write it in a way that creates the wrong impression in another person who is the audience. This is why I say that intention IS important. Because the writer can try something and end up doing another in the eyes of another.[/bq]



 
What I'm getting at is that the "reader" doesn't necessarily have a reason to _*care_* what the writer intends. An example is Ray Bradbury's _*Fahrenheit 451_* - it was originally a critique of television, but readers soon interpreted it as a warning against excessive censorship. At that point, the writer's intention doesn't have much of an influence - what really matters is how a reader actually _*perceives_* it, and the most you can do as a writer is write it well enough that the reader perceives what you want him to perceive.


 

> [bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":](/1448166#comment_6221872We) call that headcanon. Which I don't think is wrong, but it's personal and others don't need to care about it and it certainly doesn't affect the original story. [/bq]



 
That also doesn't mean people can't talk about their headcanons, because some people like discussing that thing, regardless of whether or not it's "personal." I mean, the most successful fic I've ever posted on Fimfiction.net - reaching the Featured box - was on this very episubjodect, essentially taking my headcanon and writing it out as an in-character discussion between Celestia and Luna. Not to toot my own horn, but people seemed to like it, so... it's not a bad thing to speak your mind.

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[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872
I'm talking about the importance of the intention, because you said it's not as important as interpretation. It's easy to write a story and mess up because of the choice of words. A writer can imagine a story in their head and then write it in a way that creates the wrong impression in another person who is the audience. This is why I say that intention IS important. Because the writer can try something and end up doing another in the eyes of another.[/bq]

What I'm getting at is that the "reader" doesn't necessarily have a reason to _care_ what the writer intends. An example is Ray Bradbury's _Fahrenheit 451_ - it was originally a critique of television, but readers soon interpreted it as a warning against excessive censorship. At that point, the writer's intention doesn't have much of an influence - what really matters is how a reader actually _perceives_ it, and the most you can do as a writer is write it well enough that the reader perceives what you want him to perceive.

[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872We call that headcanon. Which I don't think is wrong, but it's personal and others don't need to care about it and it certainly doesn't affect the original story. [/bq]

That also doesn't mean people can't talk about their headcanons, because some people like discussing that thing, regardless of whether or not it's "personal." I mean, the most successful fic I've ever posted on Fimfiction.net - reaching the Featured box - was on this very subject, essentially taking my headcanon and writing it out as an in-character discussion between Celestia and Luna. Not to toot my own horn, but people seemed to like it, so... it's not a bad thing to speak your mind.

"@moonlightaveger":/1448166#comment_6222766
[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872
I'm talking about the importance of the intention, because you said it's not as important as interpretation. It's easy to write a story and mess up because of the choice of words. A writer can imagine a story in their head and then write it in a way that creates the wrong impression in another person who is the audience. This is why I say that intention IS important. Because the writer can try something and end up doing another in the eyes of another.[/bgq]

What I'm getting at is that the "reader" doesn't necessarily have a reason to _care_ what the writer intends. An example is Ray Bradbury's _Fahrenheit 451_ - it was originally a critique of television, but readers soon interpreted it as a warning against excessive censorship. At that point, the writer's intention doesn't have much of an influence - what really matters is how a reader actually _perceives_ it, and the most you can do as a writer is write it well enough that the reader perceives what you want him to perceive.

[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872We call that headcanon. Which I don't think is wrong, but it's personal and others don't need to care about it and it certainly doesn't affect the original story. [/bq]

That also doesn't mean people can't talk about their headcanons, because some people like discussing that thing, regardless of whether or not it's "personal."

"@moonlightaveger":/1448166#comment_6222766
[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872
I'm talking about the importance of the intention, because you said it's not as important as interpretation. It's easy to write a story and mess up because of the choice of words. A writer can imagine a story in their head and then write it in a way that creates the wrong impression in another person who is the audience. This is why I say that intention IS important. Because the writer can try something and end up doing another in the eyes of another.[/bg]

What I'm getting at is that the "reader" doesn't necessarily have a reason to _care_ what the writer intends. An example is Ray Bradbury's _Fahrenheit 451_ - it was originally a critique of television, but readers soon interpreted it as a warning against excessive censorship. At that point, the writer's intention doesn't have much of an influence - what really matters is how a reader actually _perceives_ it, and the most you can do as a writer is write it well enough that the reader perceives what you want him to perceive.

[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872We call that headcanon. Which I don't think is wrong, but it's personal and others don't need to care about it and it certainly doesn't affect the original story. [/bq]

That also doesn't mean people can't talk about their headcanons, because some people like discussing that thing, regardless of whether or not it's "personal."

"@moonlightaveger":/1448166#comment_6222766
[bq="moonlightaveger"]"@Dusk Raven":/1448166#comment_6221872
I'm talking about the importance of the intention, because you said it's not as important as interpretation. It's easy to write a story and mess up because of the choice of words. A writer can imagine a story in their head and then write it in a way that creates the wrong impression in another person who is the audience. This is why I say that intention IS important. Because the writer can try something and end up doing another in the eyes of another.[/bg]

What I'm getting at is that the "reader" doesn't necessarily have a reason to _care_ what the writer intends. An example is Ray Bradbury's _Fahrenheit 451_ - it was originally a critique of television, but readers soon interpreted it as a warning against excessive censorship. At that point, the writer's intention doesn't have much of an influence - what really matters is how a reader actually _perceives_ it, and the most you can do as a writer is write it well enough that the reader perceives what you want him to perceive.

[bg]We call that headcanon. Which I don't think is wrong, but it's personal and others don't need to care about it and it certainly doesn't affect the original story. [/bq]

That also doesn't mean people can't talk about their headcanons, because some people like discussing that thing, regardless of whether or not it's "personal."