tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post114625505788151502..comments2024-01-08T13:20:56.857-05:00Comments on Culture kills... wait, I mean cutlery: How to Build a Writing Career the Quick and Dirty Way.MChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-1146861501001522512006-05-05T16:38:00.000-04:002006-05-05T16:38:00.000-04:00Just testing a recent comments solution.Just testing a recent comments solution.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-1146510975729048972006-05-01T15:16:00.000-04:002006-05-01T15:16:00.000-04:00Well, from what I read, the underlining plotlines ...Well, from what I read, the underlining plotlines and themes are similar as well, and I know that occasionally it can happen that something sticks in your mind, but the sheer number of times it happened as turqois has mentioned is what makes this a little suspicious. <BR/><BR/>Similarity and near word for word use in a non-parodic sense seem to make this a little more difficult to make it seem entirely accidental.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-1146473357670771012006-05-01T04:49:00.000-04:002006-05-01T04:49:00.000-04:00I do believe somewhat the accidental use claim, un...I do believe somewhat the accidental use claim, unfortunately or rather forunately, it's not a legit excuse and never will be.<BR/><BR/>A writer of mine said that while penning her novel she often had to check back on her own writing to make sure she didn't incorporate materials from somewhere else. She found that having read so many books similar in plot and genre to what she is currently writing about, she sometimes unconsciously incorporates bits from other books thinking that her mind came up with them when actually, the origin of certain phrases and descriptions came from somewhere else.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how similar the stories between the two authors are. The parallels mentioned in the Crimson -- some of them do seem to be accidental. It could very well be that certain phrases have become cliches for story book characters. Examples would be "lips curl into a smile" -- is so familiar. So is "said something so random..." How many ways can one describe a scene without it bearing resemblance to some passage in some book out there?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-1146348123152799602006-04-29T18:02:00.000-04:002006-04-29T18:02:00.000-04:00In doing the research on this, I found that there ...In doing the research on this, I found that there were other instances of this sort of thing happening, and the people involved, after a short time, got additional work published. <BR/><BR/>People have a short memory for details sometimes it seems.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-1146339895650461202006-04-29T15:44:00.000-04:002006-04-29T15:44:00.000-04:00i would bet this is one of those things where she'...i would bet this is one of those things where she's never going to get another thing published.<BR/><BR/>i could forgive her one or two, maybe five; but forty is asking a lot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com