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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:50:44 GMT -6
Is any written works original anymore? I fretted on my writing not being "original" at one time, until I read the book, Mythology by Edith Hamilton and discovered that even Shakespeare's works were not original as I had thought at one time.
Case in point being the story of Romeo & Juliet, which is similar to the Greek Mythology story of Pyramus & Thisbe.
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:51:10 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:51:32 GMT -6
This quote came from a thread on Jenn's XOC Board.
These links may no longer work, and I couldn't find the original thread to make a correction. Sorry.
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:52:14 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:52:46 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:53:13 GMT -6
Page 42; The Top Twenty Ways To Get Hundreds Of Plot Ideas, (# 8. Stealing From the Best); Write Great Fiction By James Scott Bell
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:53:44 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:54:16 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 2, 2008 19:57:35 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Dec 10, 2008 23:59:18 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Mar 26, 2009 23:13:26 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jul 12, 2010 2:10:15 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jul 12, 2010 16:22:31 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Apr 10, 2011 22:27:04 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Apr 25, 2011 18:31:55 GMT -6
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide A Companion to the #1 Bestselling Series by Stephenie Meyer
Page 44:
Stephenie Meyer: You know, I think ... maybe readers who aren't writer's might look at something like that --- using inspiration from other books --- as kind of a form of plagiarism. But, actually, the more you get into writing, I think you realize that there is no new story.
Shannon Hale: Every story has been told, so you're just telling it in a new way.
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 7, 2012 20:01:36 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jun 7, 2012 20:08:57 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jul 11, 2013 18:27:35 GMT -6
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. -- Willa Cather
Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him. -- Mark Twain
Who is original? Everything that we are doing, everything that we think, exists already, and we are only intermediaries, that's all, who make use of what is in the air. -- Henry Miller
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Post by Joxcenia on Sept 4, 2014 17:07:53 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Feb 11, 2015 18:19:21 GMT -6
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