X2-PB wrote:
Master Gui-Jan wrote:
I mean, he admittedly plagiarized the plot, couldn't actually write the story to save his life, and fell back on story elements from numerous sources.
Very few stories are truly original. Many combine elements from others or follow some sort of formulaic pattern, however, the result of this process produces a product that could be considered original. I am currently writing (and have been for a while) a sci-fi novel. Many of the ideas I have used in it have been borrowed from other places or represent something from my personal experience. There are almost certainly many people who have shared those sorts of experiences, plus the experiences I have read about or seen will also have an influence on my writing. So most of the individual points in my novel are hardy going to be original, however, I still believe that the resulting novel I create will be quite unique and have a certain saleable quality to it.
I agree completely.
I myself is (presuming my work doesn't get in the way) trying to work on my own novel. (In the topic "On Hiatus" by me you can see the basic idea of the universe I'm trying to create, unofurtunatly work has gotten in my way to go on and write more for you guys to read or critizise...)
While there is no doubt that I am inspired by SW when coming to the setting I have learned that the trick is to write the story as if you're experiencing it or remembering past experiences.
By doing that, you add your own sense of reality into the story - while at the same time write a story that others can relate to.
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1st Feb 2008
Madson wrote:
Woo hoo! another laptopper like me! Wow that sounded wierd just now...