What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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octoswan:

“I write Doctor Who for myself” - Moffat in reply to a question about his motivation behind writing for Who

Just gonna leave this here

It’s even worse than that.

“The only way to write anything is to write it for yourself,” Moffat says.It’s witless and completely pointless to try to think of what other people would like.

I just.

OK.

Writing the kinds of things you like, for you, without getting too distracted by the wants of other people, is actually pretty good writing advice. Specifically: it’s excellent advice, provided you’re writing an original story.

Steven Moffat, however, is not writing an original story. He is adapting a beloved, long-running franchise with millions of fans, and in that context, trying to think of what those fans would like from the show is pretty fucking important. That doesn’t mean you have to utterly pander to the fanbase; it just means you have to take into account the fact that the story you’re working with is bigger than you; that people love it for different reasons than you do; and that, while your personal tastes are always going to inform your interpretation of it, it’s important to be respectful of that fact - which Moffat manifestly isn’t.

That is all.

(via stfu-moffat)

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    This explains why I had such a hard time watching it with the news seasons!
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    You should only write for yourself, and if you have a problem with that, that’s probably why you’re the audience and not...
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