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Question of the day part 6
mare:
Maybe when we start the challenges up again, that would be a possiblity as long as lots of people participated. Once life slows down a little bit for everybody. Fall seems to be bad for challenges just looking back to past years.
That would make a good question in the meantime here though.
Have you ever read a story where you see more than one author playing out the same exact plot or idea and think wow they are completely different takes on the same thing? Or do you tend to think wow one is totally copying off of the other? Or think it's too similar even if it's not copying? If so, have you ever given up on one story and continued reading the other?
Have you ever stayed away from a topic just because you see someone else tackle it? Or on the other end of the spectrum do you try to use other people's ideas and just make them your own?
Rose:
I've seen authors do the same idea. Usually it's just coincidence lol. I mean like there's been several Nick cancer stories, for example, but there's always a difference. Hell, Julie's written more than one and yet they're different takes completely on the same plot. So if the writing's good, I tend to not care. At least not unless there's every little thing that's the same and so you're pretty sure one stole the idea from the other. I've only seen that happen once in the past few years though.
I don't usually care if someone's tackling the same idea, though usually it's after me lol. There's only been one time where I had an idea, started it, and someone beat me to it. And the ideas were too similar even for my liking and it just kinda killed my inspiration. Total coincidence but I never touched it since lol. I think it's neat though when a few authors might have the same idea but took it in a total different direction. Like with HWS and Scattered Picture. Same concept, but different ways we went about it.
As for other ideas...usuall y I don't. I tend to have no problems coming up with new story ideas. That, and usually I feel like I wouldn't do them justice. In fact "Here We Stand" is really the first time I took an idea someone other than myself came up with. I just happened to see you say that Mare and fall in love with it LOL. I'm not even sure if I'm doing it justice but I love writing it so much that I just don't care.
mare:
Yeah, I liken the whole same plot ideas to movies because movies are infamous for doing the same thing at once. Like this summer it was all about action heroes. And then you had those two takes on Snow White. In almost all instances they tend to be different enough that it doesn't make much of a difference as long as they aren't blatant copies of each other.
I think story trends seem to be the same, especially when it comes to the real life aspect of BSB. I mean now they are together you expect a surge in stories about them coming back together. Like when Kevin left, you kind of expected a wave of stories about that too. When anything major happens there are stories popping up having to deal with it but because each of us have our own distinct voices, it doesn't feel like it's a copy.
I do admit, when it's not real life events though and you see a story about something totally different like the boys joining a circus and the story is doing really well and then a month later someone else posts a story about the boys joining a circus I roll my eyes and think "copy cat" lol But I mean that's an extreme example of stealing an idea.
Other things like disease and family drama, bus crashes, etc... those plots are so over done they kind of belong to everyone. I think those are the interesting ones to read everyone's takes on those.
Rose:
Don't forget kidnapping/psycho fans lol. Those used to be a given too. Yeah, I noticed a little surge of old school type stories, mostly one-shots. And really, who's surprised by that? I mean the Boys lived a fanfic over in London, of course their bromancy time inspired us all.
Exactly, and I've even had that happen to me lol. When Undead started taking off, someone started posting a zombie fic that took place during a war in 2012 and I was like... wait, really? LOL. Not that it lasted long, but my immediate thought was "Wow, copycat much?"
That's a good question, how do you feel when your story becomes popular and you see stories like yours popping up? With the more "out there" ideas I mean, rather than the typical ones that kind of just go to everyone.
Sakabelle:
I don't know if I can answer that question, because that's never happened to me lol. The stories I've written have pretty much all been Nick romance, so I don't think I've really done anything that's too "out there."
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