"Rick is a guy who has always loved books and used to study creative writing. He's worked for decades in the gig economy, long before it was even called that, doing freelance copy editing and the like. But until he got into watching old episodes of "Charles in Charge," he hadn't figured out how to unleash his literary vision. He takes his artistic responsibilities seriously."
"Fan fiction, he believes, is just more honest about the notion of originality. I suppose he wouldn't see what he was doing as that different from what Jean Rhys did in " Wide Sargasso Sea" or what Robert Coover or Percival Everett did in novels sprouting from " Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." It comes down to a matter of quality."
Rick has long loved books and studied creative composition, and he worked for decades in the gig economy doing freelance copy editing and similar tasks. Watching old episodes of Charles in Charge enabled him to unlock a particular literary vision and take artistic responsibility for his fiction. He views fan fiction as an honest, conversational mode of art that builds from prior cultural artifacts, comparing the practice to examples by Jean Rhys, Robert Coover, and Percival Everett and arguing that the distinction lies in quality. He also operates as a human interface for an A.I. therapy company and maintains a strict separation between his fiction and that employment, while both roles raise questions about authenticity and aesthetic ambition.
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