Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?
No, I do not mind. One of the concepts they taught in school was piggy-backing. No idea is original and it is okay to take similar concepts to make them your own. Some times it even leads to better reading material. I love to compare what two different authors ahve done with a similar story. THey may both have the same major concept, but each author is very good about making a story their own.
That being said, it is not okay to take a story, change one or two things about it and call it something new. Nothing is more boring than being able to call what is going to happen in a story because an author went to far with the similarities.
I have been taught the exact same concept all throughout my college experience. No thought/idea is original! Great answer!
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Chelsey@Charming Chelsey's
Hopping through. Like you, I don't mind piggy-backing as long as the author distinguishes his/her story.
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Hi I am a new follower. I really like your answer.
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Good answer!
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Kristen @OCA
Just hopping through. Definitely agree with your answer! There's inspiration and reinventing or playing around with certain concepts, and then there's copying/stealing stuff. Mhe.
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I completely agree- love the piggy-backing concept because it explains this answer so well! New GFC Follower- thanks for stopping by!
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YES - this! I completely agree with you on this.
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I agree that no thought or idea is original...though in order to be creative you need to mix the old concepts in new ways. :)
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Yes! I totally agree!
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You're the first person I've come across for this week's FF who didn't mind it. Great thoughts! Thanks for stopping by and following.
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Reeka @BoundbyWords
I agree. Sometimes it does make the story better. Thanks for stopping by & following! I'm following you back via GFC!
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I agree, it's hard to have 100% orig ideas now a days.
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Completely agree with everything you said.
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I agree too. Great answer!!
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I love your answer! That's partly why I love retellings so much because the author is taking an old and widely-used idea and adding their personal spin on it.
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