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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 2847729" data-attributes="member: 7394">Imagine you've always aspired to be a novelist. Imagine that you achieve some success ina&nbsp; related field, but it still isn't novels. Imagine that of all the different fictional universes, there is one that really speaks to you. You love the brilliance behind it, you tape all the episodes, you learn the backstory, you eventually buy the DVDs. Imagine that you consider the guy behind it to be kind of an impersonal mentor - someone who has shown you how to spin a ripping good yarn, and do it better than anyone else is who is working in a similar vein (OK, that may be stretching things a bit far, but I will say that B5 is better than Star Trek on so many levels). Then imagine that not only does your dream of becoming a novelist come true, but you're able to do so in the universe you love so much. Now imagine that the guy whose style you have partially modeled your own style after, your mentor, says that the people you're working with are jerks and your novel doesn't amount to anything in the grand scheme.Yeah, welcome to my world.Regardless of the bickering at the top, I'm just going to write the best damn Babylon 5 story I can, and I'll let the powers that be take care of the rest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 2847729, member: 7394"] Imagine you've always aspired to be a novelist. Imagine that you achieve some success ina related field, but it still isn't novels. Imagine that of all the different fictional universes, there is one that really speaks to you. You love the brilliance behind it, you tape all the episodes, you learn the backstory, you eventually buy the DVDs. Imagine that you consider the guy behind it to be kind of an impersonal mentor - someone who has shown you how to spin a ripping good yarn, and do it better than anyone else is who is working in a similar vein (OK, that may be stretching things a bit far, but I will say that B5 is better than Star Trek on so many levels). Then imagine that not only does your dream of becoming a novelist come true, but you're able to do so in the universe you love so much. Now imagine that the guy whose style you have partially modeled your own style after, your mentor, says that the people you're working with are jerks and your novel doesn't amount to anything in the grand scheme. Yeah, welcome to my world. Regardless of the bickering at the top, I'm just going to write the best damn Babylon 5 story I can, and I'll let the powers that be take care of the rest. [/QUOTE]

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