tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post8175812043407789292..comments2023-05-30T04:55:18.889-05:00Comments on A Writer's Blog: IdeasScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905515473737579937noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-25503719320076188522009-08-27T08:03:35.412-05:002009-08-27T08:03:35.412-05:00It's so true. Some of the best books are just ...It's so true. Some of the best books are just reused storylines with the author's own twist on them. :)Jennifer Shirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970585847385511795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-84493099268475701142009-08-26T20:05:36.632-05:002009-08-26T20:05:36.632-05:00Thanks for the post and the inspiration to make th...Thanks for the post and the inspiration to make that idea the best.Kim Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762370113263014754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-43789066636118691332009-08-26T13:26:57.753-05:002009-08-26T13:26:57.753-05:00Carol Anne - we're all at the mercy of our own...Carol Anne - we're all at the mercy of our own creativity . . . and brilliance. An example of this is the Broadway play "Into The Woods" which took the fairy tales of childhood and adapted them to an adult, musical format.<br /><br />Tess - I'm often inspired for my writing when reading. So, I keep on reading, because I know that somewhere within the words of the book inspiraton lurks.<br /><br />Rebecca - great minds . . . and all that jazz. : ) It's not necessarily just Good and Evil, but what happens in between. Make the in-between the gourmet peanut butter!<br /><br />Robyn - since every idea has already occurred, aren't we all copying the original idea makers? I always worried about putting too much out there. Now, not so much. I mean, who could ever come close to my brilliance . . . especially after a few margaritas? Ha! <br /><br />Davin - I think we all have to expand on the mundane. I mean, what happens in my mind is quite scary at times! : ) I'm a people watcher, and more often than not, the people I'm watching inspire my writing. I recently put a scene into a book about a lone man on the dancing floor, dancing like nobody was watching. Why? Because I saw that one night when I was out and I thought "I could never do that, but bravo to him".<br /><br />Elana - see my comment above to Carol. I think everything boils down to the writer's execution. If a writer does it poorly . . . Well, those are the books that sit idly on the shelves desperately hoping someone will buy them before the lights in the bookstore go off at night. It's kind of like when I was single, and didn't want to still be in the bar when the lights came on at the end of the night. : )<br /><br />SScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905515473737579937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-6827818091028955262009-08-26T12:29:33.646-05:002009-08-26T12:29:33.646-05:00Oooh, the idea challenge. I think this is beyond t...Oooh, the idea challenge. I think this is beyond true. I know people who have taken old legends and found great success because they made them into something new.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-17420669667441253162009-08-26T12:05:25.403-05:002009-08-26T12:05:25.403-05:00Scott, this is a great post. I am familiar with th...Scott, this is a great post. I am familiar with this concept because I have to polish my ideas all the time. My initial inspirations are always so mundane! I'll see someone jogging, or someone putting lotion on their hands, and suddenly I want to write about it. So, I have to be willing to expand on that initial mundane thing to write anything interesting. It is great advice! And, I love that line about brilliance.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-20730108790074029722009-08-26T11:13:07.584-05:002009-08-26T11:13:07.584-05:00Hmmm, I think I really executed my idea for Sevent...Hmmm, I think I really executed my idea for Seventy Two Hours to the highest degree. :) And I KNOW an agent will think that too. <br /><br />But you and Jessica touch on a great subject. It's dangerous these days. You never know when your idea might be copied. So make it the absolute BEST it can be and no worries. Yours will be the one they want. :) I'm heading over there now. :)Robyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-71360770774736969522009-08-26T10:48:13.161-05:002009-08-26T10:48:13.161-05:00I read that post and came away with the same thing...I read that post and came away with the same thing :). Especially in Fantasy it seems everything is the great fight between Good and Evil. But who cares? What a great subject!<br /><br />We can all share :). I just have to make mine more amazing than all the rest!<br /><br />Great post, Scott!Rebecca Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214077952378770753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-52877357965308647612009-08-26T09:40:23.430-05:002009-08-26T09:40:23.430-05:00Very well said and so true. I have a friend who wa...Very well said and so true. I have a friend who watches a lot of classic movies (old black and whites) when she is thinking about new story ideas. Then she'll take general themes and make them her own. I love her writing, so there must be something to it!Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014195715998913268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-38474789206564704242009-08-26T08:48:45.645-05:002009-08-26T08:48:45.645-05:00A great post, Scott! I completely agree that it...A great post, Scott! I completely agree that it's all in the story's execution. Thank you to you (and Jessica) for that reminder! :)Carol Anne Strange https://www.blogger.com/profile/03754641845220443208noreply@blogger.com