tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post3596548530146373482..comments2024-03-17T02:30:04.788-06:00Comments on Shallee McArthur: Writers-- Are we all just a bunch of thieves?Shalleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907680428735740943noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-34242277833818895382010-11-03T11:33:53.070-06:002010-11-03T11:33:53.070-06:00I agree...there really aren't any totally uniq...I agree...there really aren't any totally unique ideas anymore, but it's the way we tell it that makes it unique and makes people want to find out what we did to make it different and interesting.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401931638397651614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-52663476002640289172010-10-30T18:09:52.858-06:002010-10-30T18:09:52.858-06:00what a great post! I'm currently stealing stuf...what a great post! I'm currently stealing stuff from The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy, Culpeper's Complete Herbal, and Dr. Johnson's London.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-62992059184706047332010-10-30T09:24:01.594-06:002010-10-30T09:24:01.594-06:00Here's what drives me crazy: I come up with wh...Here's what drives me crazy: I come up with what I think is an original idea and spend thousands of words developing it, only to have something similar show up on FRINGE or in a genre novel. Me, a thief? Nay. But I sometimes wonder who's looking over my shoulder as I type away...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-22145552387703102832010-10-30T08:41:44.462-06:002010-10-30T08:41:44.462-06:00Hi Shalee! Thanks for following, and the sweet com...Hi Shalee! Thanks for following, and the sweet comment! I love your blog -- my book is also dystopian. Seems like a lot of us are writing those these days. But we're not thieves, right? Just . . . on the same brainwave.<br /><br />I'm borrowing pretty heavily from "Gossip Girl." Not for plot or characters or writing, but for overall style. My characters are from a political elite, but I was having a hard time writing that entitled mindset, so I buried myself in Season 1 and came out feeling like I could write snob. Unfortunately hooked now. Oh well . . . Chuck Bass is my new favorite.Bess Weatherbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873091527596352004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-25565501281312545322010-10-30T05:22:46.914-06:002010-10-30T05:22:46.914-06:00I steal from almost everything around me. There...I steal from almost everything around me. There's so much information and inspiration out there--I think being original in a world where it seems like almost everything's been done before has to do with making the pieces fit different from everyone else; creating a world, that, while containing elements from other things, is unique in its overall form.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-4666400238794657802010-10-30T03:42:46.691-06:002010-10-30T03:42:46.691-06:00I stole a superpower from HEROES -- just one thoug...I stole a superpower from HEROES -- just one though. It was just too good a power to pass up.Basthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561466241112288690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-79807053479400209692010-10-30T01:40:23.861-06:002010-10-30T01:40:23.861-06:00That's like saying music lacks originality. Of...That's like saying music lacks originality. Of course, a lot may be similar and inspired from, but there will always be uniqueness in that pile of creativity.lettuceheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338776419077765978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-39026445553507862072010-10-29T21:41:41.134-06:002010-10-29T21:41:41.134-06:00I'm influenced by EVERYTHING! Every book I rea...I'm influenced by EVERYTHING! Every book I read, conversations with people - my own life! I steal from my own life more than anything else. <br /><br />Love the video.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-74986246851812862502010-10-29T20:03:23.906-06:002010-10-29T20:03:23.906-06:00I took bits and pieces of ideas for my current WiP...I took bits and pieces of ideas for my current WiP from Stargate (the tv series).Melissa Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530652829980250261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-61478230572260458082010-10-29T17:51:21.826-06:002010-10-29T17:51:21.826-06:00Usually in conversations with other people. My dad...Usually in conversations with other people. My dad likes to come up with stuff a lot. I take little bits from different places and mix them with a healthy dose of me. :DM Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-84841801637442319402010-10-29T17:32:50.177-06:002010-10-29T17:32:50.177-06:00I agree. That's why I never liked that "s...I agree. That's why I never liked that "seven basic plots" nonsense. It's the details that makes things different, if not necessarily better. Two people who write the same basic plot are still going to come out with two different stories.J E Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372746219262163566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-61138000687773818242010-10-29T17:18:55.525-06:002010-10-29T17:18:55.525-06:00Yes, exactly! There are very few -- or none, reall...Yes, exactly! There are very few -- or none, really -- "original" ideas left in the world, yet readers still buy books, still read them, still <i>enjoy</i> them because each writer gives a basic plot their own unique spin.<br /><br />The idea for my current WiP is "stolen" from THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL and SHERLOCK HOLMES.Emy Shinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109925009902220083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437730797773263014.post-4026297010006838272010-10-29T17:18:03.900-06:002010-10-29T17:18:03.900-06:00I work in a nursing home with a lot, A LOT, of ext...I work in a nursing home with a lot, A LOT, of extremely senior citizens. Between applying denture cream and serving Ensure milkshakes, they tell me things so off the wall that I can't help but try to make sense of it. In the process, a story emerges.<br /><br />ShardeSharde(Shar-day)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15745932159705284821noreply@blogger.com