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the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: svb1972 on June 11, 2010, 04:05:57 PM ---You sure?  The book sounds familiar :)

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In neurovore's brain, the (cyborg) shark jumps YOU.

Noey:
Good point, Neuro. Okay, I'll amend that to be, be familiar with the classics like Neuro suggests, but don't entirely define your work by what's already been done. Otherwise, you'll mostly talk yourself out of it, I think. Take it into consideration, but don't let it overwhelm you.

arianne:
Whatever idea you come up with, someone has totally gotten to it first. I was working on another vampire slayer-esque novel, and I had (what I considered) a very original idea, so I put that in and made it a plot point. Turns out the same thing had already been used in the Vampire Academy series, which at the time I had not yet read...and did not even know the existence of. (No wonder famous authors are always getting sued for "copying" other people's work.)

kyoryu:
Anyone ever see The Aristocrats?

Penn Jillette did a movie which was two hours of comedians telling the same joke.  Over and over and over again.

Watching it, you quickly realized that it wasn't the joke that made it interesting, it was how the individual comedians used that raw piece of - well, filth - to create something of their own.  Sarah Silverman and Bob Saget, for instance, went in two entirely different directions.

meg_evonne:

--- Quote from: kyoryu on June 12, 2010, 08:34:43 AM ---Anyone ever see The Aristocrats?

Penn Jillette did a movie which was two hours of comedians telling the same joke.  Over and over and over again.

Watching it, you quickly realized that it wasn't the joke that made it interesting, it was how the individual comedians used that raw piece of - well, filth - to create something of their own.  Sarah Silverman and Bob Saget, for instance, went in two entirely different directions.

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  excellent point

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