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Ugh... Great minds thinking alike in the fan fic world
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on February 01, 2008, 11:45:05 PM ---The first story is 60 chapters and its pretty long, but if you're REALLY looking for something to read I'm not going to discourage you.
The first story is Under my Skin and the sequel is A Little Taste of Sin.
And sorry for the shameless plug :-[ I bet Dee is proud lol
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Quite. lmao
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: mare on February 01, 2008, 11:45:26 PM ---LOL I can tell you there was one on my Brain Candy site. She had contacted me and asked me to host her and then as I was reading her story it was a knock off of Shadow Woods. She even called it something like OMg what did she call it? AH! I can't even remember, Shadow Grim or something like that. I said "uh...you might want to change that title because it might appear you are copying my story." I knew she wasn't going to stick with it anyway because I can kind of just tell. And sure enough after about three chapters of Shadow Grim she was never heard from again. loll
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I hearted that story. <3 Seems kind of blantant to rip of though. And I totally agree with Kelly, was it Tonja? lol
lol Did I ever tell you I was going to draw fanart for it? lmao
MellzBellz:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 01, 2008, 11:52:15 PM ---And see, I would never know that was inspired by BMS. A lot of people do that. In TV shows and whatnot, it's a common tactic to keep the it couple that everyone wants together apart as long as possible. That's what keeps people interested. Once they get together, you have to find new sources of conflict to keep it interesting; if you just have it be all sunshine and daisies once they're together, it gets really boring after awhile.
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Actually LOl I've been meaning to ask you about that because I've gotten SOOOO much crap from my readers that (Sakabelle you may want to skip this post if you plan on reading UMS) OMG Alyssa and Nick aren't together. I'm going to stop reading! It's frustrating because they don't want to hear about them NOT being together, yet they could never work out unless they had that chance to be with other people. They needed that time apart to grow up a little bit. And I agree sunshine and daises would drive me nuts!
Teri and I were actually just talking about this the other day. We feel like angst is a dying genre because readers don't want to read anything reflecting any kind of pain because its "depressing" but I think that it takes that deep dark emotional pain to become the best person you can be.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 01, 2008, 11:54:43 PM ---LOL Mare, I remember you talking about that Shadow Grim story. I guess that's where they say imitation is the highest form of flattery. And if it's a case where the second story is not well-written and doesn't get finished, well, then, who really cares? What would piss me off is if someone deliberately ripped off a story of mine and then got all kinds of acclaim for it, like more than mine did. In all honestly, that would just BUG the crap out of me!! LOL
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I would get soooo bothered by that. lol
Good thing is, no one reads enough of my stuff to want to rip them off in the first place. lol
Let's see what happens if I keep my romance on track. Backstreet x sorority girl may become the new cliche story. lmao
Purpura Lipstick:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on February 01, 2008, 11:43:27 PM ---Wheww! I'm glad that most authors seem to be pretty cool with the whole "same idea different place" thing. Makes me feel a lot more at ease. See I knew you girls would reassure me!
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I don't know, I have a hard time with this. I'd like to think of my stuff as a little more orginal but I don't mind if people have similar ideas, it's hard to tell if someone is ripping you off (unless their name is Tonja) I guess the stories I'm more proud of I'd be put off if I read something similar.
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on February 01, 2008, 11:57:43 PM ---
Teri and I were actually just talking about this the other day. We feel like angst is a dying genre because readers don't want to read anything reflecting any kind of pain because its "depressing" but I think that it takes that deep dark emotional pain to become the best person you can be.
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LOL, I try NOT to end my stories with sunshine and daises... I am so anti happy endings I'd throw everyone for a loop if something did end happy. And yes I HAVE written a happy ending.
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