This week's features are Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer and Paranormal Romance.
Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other book? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings, and pulled-to-publish fanfics?
A: Yes, I do mind. The whole time I would be like, "Bitch, you can't steal this idea. IT'S NOT YOURS. MY GOODNESS." That's basically me. I don't mind retellings or fanfics. I love those actually. Fanfics are always have horrible grammar, fluffy, or just downright funny. I used to write fanfics a few years ago and I loved them :)
I don't know, I love fanfics, but they don't necessarily have bad grammar, or are full of fluff. It definitely depends on the fandom and writer. I have problems with them getting published, though. *g* And yeah, I kinda agree with your answer: If something really is basically stolen from another author, then I get darn mad!
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I don't really mind when books are similar but if it's pretty much a copy of the other book then that's different. Old follower :)
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Hopping through. I love fanfic, although I agree most of it has horrible grammar. Sometimes you find a winner though.
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I know what you mean! Haha!I love your answer. I'm not one for Fanfic, I have to say or re-tellings much only if they are done well!
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You have a lovely blog btw! Here's My FF
Just saw that your reading What's Left of Me, how is it going? I have this book, just need to get around to it! :)
hahah great answer, I'm the exact same way :D Retellings are fine by me as well tough, at least you already know some material will be revisited before you get into it! Thanks for sharing :) Old follower, here's my FFF
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I hate it when some authors blatantly steal ideas directly from other books!
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Becca @ Lost in Thought
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It's interesting to see everyone's response on this one. While I do mind if another author completely rips off someone elses material I don't mind them using the same idea. Pretty much all books, in my opinion at least, are based off of other peoples ideas. I explain it more in my post (ignore the crazy link, I hit post before I added my post title.)
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Unoriginality makes me want to bang my head against the wall and even more when I've read the same idea over and over and over.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I saw that you'r reading The Assassins Curse! I've been wanting to read that for ages can't wait to hear your thoughts on it :D
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