I Am Not Writing Anymore

[cabenson]

Damn! Have any of you ever written a story and then had the author of another story contact you and say, "You're story was really good even though it contained a great deal of similarities to mine>" and list the similarities. I never even read her fic until today. Are there similarities? About the same amount as the ones who present Olivia as being raped (or is it rapped?)and then screwing Elliot and having octuplets but not before catching 18 serial rapists/killers, incuding the one that raped her to begin with.

Yes, we both wrote about Alex sitting in the ambulance. I wrote it because they showed her there, looking over the scene and you just wondered what was going through her mind.

Yes, we both wrote about glass in the hair. I wrote what I actually experienced when I shattered a windshield with my head (WEAR SEATBELTS PEOPLE!!)

Yes, we both wrote them as having been broken up and gettng back together after the explosion...actually, I just wrote them as having sex...they may not get back together before Alex gets shot because now I'm not happy...

This was the fifth version of this story and now I feel like some nine-grade plagerist.

Aw fuck it! I'm gonna go write Olivia getting rapped into "Progression" and delete myself from that other group.

Comments

Re: Branca's got yo' back

[say-revolution.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. Don't let some troll-y little territorial thing bother you. There are only, what, like seven truly different stories in the world anyway; all of literature is merely variations on ancient themes. NO SHIT things are going to sometimes be similar: we're all human, and we all feel the same emotions, of course we're going to have overlapping ideas in what we write. Especially when we're writing about the same characters in the same situations. It would be truly miraculous if one of us wrote a fic that had nothing in common with any other fic ever written. If this person were mature enough to realize that, she could enjoy both the similarities and the differences between your fics without immediately jumping to the conclusion that you plagiarized her ass or something.

Anyway, I know that this isn't the point of this post, but since you sound like you could use some cheering up, Progression is one of the greatest A/O fics I've read. And I've probably read this mystery biatch's fic too, since I've read practically everything I can find. So there.

Re: Branca's got yo' back

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks girl, I just hate for anyone to even insinuate that I would be unethical...unless it involves getting laid;)