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rurounihime) wrote2006-07-30 03:39 pm
rurounihime) wrote2006-07-30 03:39 pm
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*sigh*
Do you know what I hate?
When I spend weeks writing a fic, getting it just right, all the way down to the near-final draft, hand it off to my beta for the proper critique (note, at this point, I am getting very excited about posting)...
...only to read another fic very soon after that is incredibly similar to the one I've just written?
It's a bad side-effect of fandoms: if everyone knows the characters so well, very similar stories with near-identical themes are BOUND to come out just by happenstance. I HATE that. I mean, I don't think anyone has a monopoly over any fic ideas or whatever; that's not what I hate.
I just hate the timing sometimes, you know? I mean, what about that second story? It should be read on its own merits too.
I KNOW other people have had this problem... *looks around*
Do you know what I hate?
When I spend weeks writing a fic, getting it just right, all the way down to the near-final draft, hand it off to my beta for the proper critique (note, at this point, I am getting very excited about posting)...
...only to read another fic very soon after that is incredibly similar to the one I've just written?
It's a bad side-effect of fandoms: if everyone knows the characters so well, very similar stories with near-identical themes are BOUND to come out just by happenstance. I HATE that. I mean, I don't think anyone has a monopoly over any fic ideas or whatever; that's not what I hate.
I just hate the timing sometimes, you know? I mean, what about that second story? It should be read on its own merits too.
I KNOW other people have had this problem... *looks around*