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Question of the day part 6
FrickingKaos:
Ok so in response to the question mare asked, I had forgotten about a zombie story that was being written while Rose and Julie were writing Song For The Undead. I will confess my friend writes that story but it's nowhere nearly as accurate as SFTU. There is so much stuff she has wrong, like how are you gonna be using cell phones and stuff if everything is shut down. I have pretty much given up on reading it. I don't want to just read because she is my friend, but the story just isn't believable.
mare:
--- Quote from: Sakabelle on August 18, 2012, 10:58:06 AM ---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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Same here, at least to my knowledge. Unless i'm forgetting something, which I probably am. lol
Carter-Orange:
Nothing like that has happened to me either, unless I just haven't noticed, lol.
mare:
You know, I don't think i've ever seen a story where the boys join a circus lol
Random...
But here's another question, if you could get rid of one completely overused plot in the genre you feel most comfortable writing in, which one would it be? I say the genre you write in to avoid the easiest boy meets girl answer most of us would have lol
Or you could name a plot for each genre if you write in multiple ones, like:
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Drama:
Comedy:
Suspense:
etc...
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on August 18, 2012, 08:12:18 AM ---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?
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Usually when I see two different stories tackling the same general idea or subject matter, they end up being really different. I don't see what I would consider blatant copying very often, but the times that I have, it's usually a case of a less experienced writer copying a more experienced one, and in comparing the two stories, the original is usually better. Writers who aren't creative enough to at least put their own spin on someone else's idea usually aren't talented enough to write their copy well either.
--- Quote from: mare on August 18, 2012, 08:12:18 AM ---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?
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I did have an idea for a suspense story that I'd been considering writing for awhile, until someone on AC (not any of you) started writing a story with a similar premise, so I put my idea on the backburner. The other writer never finished hers, and it ended up being a lot different from how mine would have gone, anyway, so it's an idea I'd still consider writing someday.
I also remember being a little concerned when Hannah started posting Something Beautiful because I had just started writing Curtain Call but hadn't posted any of it yet, so when I started reading SB and got the "cancer story" vibe, I was like, "Really, are you kidding me??" But SB and CC are a prime example of two stories that fall under the same basic premise (Backstreet Boy has cancer), but go in two totally different directions.
I never set out to blatantly steal someone else's idea, but I definitely get inspired by other people's ideas (not just in fanfic, but in books, shows, and movies too). There are a couple of old stories I've written that come too close to comfort to the original idea (and are not executed nearly as well), but for the most part, even if I am inspired by someone else's work, I take mine in a different direction by putting my own spin on it.
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