Ramblings of Disneyland, Gaia and Writer's group

[kippurbird]

Paranoia is a strange thing.

Mr. Formulaic from my writing group didn't want to put his file up onto our Yahoo group site because, "Lots of elements-names-stunts in there that could be copied and inserted into other stories quite easily... you know." But that seems sort of silly to me, because what's stopping me from doing the same exact thing? Or really, (I haven't actually started reading it yet) what makes him think that his is so original that it hasn't been done before? I should trope it. I think I will.

Now the question is, should I hand it to him?


TVtropes really does ruin your life.

I went to Disneyland yesterday and I'm going on rides and keeping on thinking well, that doesn't work and gee, that's a such and such. Like for example I'm going on Snow White, and I start thinking, well geeze she gets married to the Prince and they don't even know each other. Oh, sure, it's supposed to be True Love's kiss, but really, he's just kissing some random mostly dead girl. And that's kind creepy. It reminds me of the Snow White story that Neil Gaiman wrote whose title escapes me. The Prince liked her because he could have sex with a dead person. So I started wondering well, how could I rewrite it so that it made more sense.

And then there was Star Tours. We were going to Endor, but get captured by the Empire before going on a Death Star run. Endor wasn't going to be a tourist destination during the rule of the Empire since they're building the Death Star there. Also, R2-D2 wouldn't be driving the shuttle in the first place. And you can't land right after coming in from light speed.

Finally, on a different topic all together, I noticed there are those "guild things" on Gaia and was wondering if maybe I should make them for Sporky type people.


Also, I lost my contact lens, so I'm half blind. Whee!

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[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

Mr. Formulaic from my writing group didn't want to put his file up onto our Yahoo group site because, "Lots of elements-names-stunts in there that could be copied and inserted into other stories quite easily... you know." But that seems sort of silly to me, because what's stopping me from doing the same exact thing? Or really, (I haven't actually started reading it yet) what makes him think that his is so original that it hasn't been done before? I should trope it. I think I will.

Go for it. I had the same fears, before I realized that I need the imput, and the chances of my story getting published and becoming the most original thing since sliced bread and/or being ripped off from friends-locked entries were very slim.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Yes. Must go through it now and Trope it.

[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

Remember to link it! =D

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Alas, I couldn't link it, there was a lot, but it would have been too much.