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[honey]

lol washer name Tonja?

[Sakabelle]

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.

Naw, 60 chapters isn't that bad   It'll give me something to read while I'm bored in class wait for other things to be updated

[mare]

LOL you know, it might have been. Ironically enough.

[RokofAges75]

And I admit I draw inspiration on things I read too. For instance ALTOS was greatly influenced actually by BMS. You wouldn't think that off the bat, but I was actually really intrigued by what Julie did with keeping Claire and Nick apart for so long and Claire was with Jamie and Nick was with Laureen, yet there was obviously feelings there. Of course I'm choosing to take that scenario with my characters being involved with different people and take it a step further into what would happen if the main characters actually gave into those feelings.

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.

[RokofAges75]

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

[nicksgal]

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

Quite. lmao

[nicksgal]

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

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]

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.

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]

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

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]

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!

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.

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.

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.

[RokofAges75]

I will always prefer angst to fluff.  I got crap from my readers too, but at the same time, it did keep them coming back for more.  (Well, most of them.)   The thing is, I didn't purposely do that just to keep the readers' interest... it was more to keep MY interest.  Because like I said, I prefer drama to fluff.  I had fun with the fluffy scenes that are in BMS, but when it came time to break up Nick and Claire, I was SO ready to do it!  And then, of course, I was ready to get them back together way before I actually could, but if I had tried to write another story with them together the whole way through, I would have just gotten bored again.  And I would have come up with more sources of external conflict, most likely resulting in physical pain for one or both of them, because that's just what I do LOL.  But it was so overdone in those stories already that I knew I just needed to STOP.  I have a whole plot outline for a third story written out, after getting some ideas from readers, but it's so over the top that I kinda always knew I would never write it.

[honey]

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.

LMAO, DEE, don't listen! No taking notes right now!  HAPPY ENDINGS!!! HAPPY ENDINGS!!! HAPPY ENDINGS!!!! YAY HAPPY ENDINGS!!!

[nicksgal]

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.

I feel like maybe I'm the same way, lmao. Everyone has to die before I'm happy. lol

[nicksgal]

And I would have come up with more sources of external conflict, most likely resulting in physical pain for one or both of them, because that's just what I do LOL.

I'm only fifty chapters in and this made me giggle my butt off. lol

[Purpura Lipstick]

LMAO, DEE, don't listen! No taking notes right now!  HAPPY ENDINGS!!! HAPPY ENDINGS!!! HAPPY ENDINGS!!!! YAY HAPPY ENDINGS!!!

Well my happy endings to me are the ones that end sickly sweet. I don't mind endings where everyone is not dead and things work out, but maybe not in a way they wanted. I suppose... *tries very hard not to shrug*