K! I AM REALLY MAD RIGHT NOW SO DON'T PUSH MY BUTTONS!

[Seth, The plan is simple--stay alive.]

This is REALLY bugging me. So much that I actually had to CHANGE A NAME in one of my stories. It is called 'The Jump: A Short Story'. Apparently, it is a lot like Twilight. Well, New Moon I guess. I did use the name 'Embry' but does that really pertain? IT IS JUST A NAME! And the story has NOTHING to do with TWILIGHT! NOTHING! If you have not read and are interested in reading, here is the link:


http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...

[Brigid ✩]

well it's just that by using the name Embry AND using the whole cliff-diving situation, it seemed like fanfic for twilight ...

[[deleted user]]

lol Seth, u r hilarious!

[Brigid ✩]

XD

[Riley]

I'm sorry. It's just that it does a lot of the same things in New Moon but your writing style is incredible and different from Stephanie Meyer's.

[Hylian Princess]

I think that if you wrote more for people to read they would see that it is not like Twilight. So far they have only seen that one section, so they automatically jump to that other book. If there was more, they could see that it's not the same. :)

[Paige]

Would you be willing to change the name? The fact that you have that AND cliff diving is kind of freakishly similar, you know?

[Brigid ✩]

yeah ...

[Paige]

I mean, they are other names similar to Embry... or, if you really love that name, maybe change the sport to sky diving or something

[Seth, The plan is simple--stay alive.]

i changed the name to something random bcuz so many ppl mentioned it.

[Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><]

lol

[Seth, The plan is simple--stay alive.]

its true!!!

[Brigid ✩]

well that's good

[Brigid ✩]

yeah ...

[Veronica, What the neck!?]

I think that seth should keep the story the way he wants, and not care if it sounds like twilight at all. I mean, it's just a short story, right? And nobody has to read it and say anything if they don't want to.

[Paige]

true... very true!

[[deleted user]]

ur idea becomes unorigional. (is that a word?) if you plot is like a girl falling in love with a vampire and they end up getting married ... people connect to twilight!

[Brigid ✩]

yeah ... just because it's about vampires doesn't mean it's like twilight, but when you use the exact same plot, then it is. if that makes sense.

[Daisy]

I actually think the problem is that SM used a common sort of plot. I mean the 'human falls in love with some sort of creature and they fall in love and get married and possibly have kids' plot. It gets used alot she also used common mythical creatures, and things of that sort. Then because its a really popular book people tend to relate things to it often. Therefore making it hard to write a book (especially if it involves vampires) without it being related to Twilight.

[[deleted user]]

thats true... she did pick a very common plot... so i think alot of things that arent meant to be a fan fic sound like fan fics.

[Daisy]

Exactly. For instance i'm writing a story right now, and i'm pretty sure that if you looked at the plot idea you would relate it to Twilight. But if you looked at everything else it would seem nothing like Twilight except for maybe a few parts.

[[deleted user]]

cool

[Daisy]

I know but i have like maybe 5 or 10 more pages to write before i finish with the rough draft but it is sooo annoying cause I already know how its going to end!!

[Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><]

i agree with roni.

[Margaret]

Umm, Seth, it still says "Embry" in the paragraph about him running towards the MC. might wanna look over it again.

[Margaret]

I hope I didn't push your buttons ... although three and a half months later, I hope you're cooled down. :)

[Seth, The plan is simple--stay alive.]

I is cooled lol. gah i knew i couldn't hit every embry. but who cares?

[Brigid ✩]

well you could do one of those "find ... replace ..." things

[T.O.L.I.]

:?)

[Veronica, What the neck!?]

And nice one, seth, with the phone (your title, says that you washed the phone and it still works...:D)

[T.O.L.I.]

*D

[[deleted user]]

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW ACTIVE THIS GROUP IS!! I mean almost every single topic on the group is like waaay active. I can't catch up again!

[Veronica, What the neck!?]

not EVERY topic. Not even close! Maybe half of them though.

[Brigid ✩]

this is the only group that's stayed active since i've joined goodreads. lol

[Veronica, What the neck!?]

...yeah. It's because there are all the people that never get off goodreads in this group...

[Claire]

★XxRACHELxX★ wrote: "yea i really dont like that either when you are writing a book and it has simularites it automaticly is like twilight

now noone can write bout a vampire or werewolf without someone saying its to..."

yeah its like when a book becomes popular the basic idea of it is automatically owned by the author so you can't write about vamps without being compared to Meyer and you can't write about wizards without being compared to Rowling. I know it should be a compliment cuz they're great writers but most people just want to be individual and not part of an idea cult.

[Veronica, What the neck!?]

Actually, the wizards thing isn't totally true. I mean, there are so many different types of wizards: ones with wands, ones without wands, ones that studied to become one, ones that it just happened to...

And the same with the vampires.

I can think of a book(s) that defy each one of those, and cannot be compared to them.

a)Blue Bloods by Marissa de la Cruz
b)The Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane

[Brigid ✩]

i hated blue bloods ... o.O it was -- um -- odd

[Brigid ✩]

ooh but you know a good-but-"different" vampire book is Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. <3 yaay

[Paige]

I loved the Young Wizards SERIES!!! IT ROCKED!!!

[Veronica, What the neck!?]

OMG SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS READ THEM!!!!! *HUGS* YAY!!!!! I own all but the seventh book. Or maybe it's the sixth book. But probably the seventh.

[Paige]

*HUGS BACK*

Not very popular books, but they should be. Unfortunately, my library only had 1-3, and borders doesn't have them in stock OR online *sniffles*

[Brigid ✩]

i've heard of them and i always intended to read them ... i just never got around to it. yet.
*sigh* so many books in the world ...

[Seth, The plan is simple--stay alive.]

i have the second young wizards, and its about a wizard-whale . . . so yeah . . . and i have never read blue bloods, but i wanna read peeps lol.and to the topic before that:

This group is active because: There are 10 people who are constantly on it, and they all stay active. The sad part is there is only 10.

[Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><]

Cali or Dreamer. ooooo wrote: "I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW ACTIVE THIS GROUP IS!! I mean almost every single topic on the group is like waaay active. I can't catch up again!"

omg i know!! i'm dying!!

[Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><]

veRONIca wrote: "Actually, the wizards thing isn't totally true. I mean, there are so many different types of wizards: ones with wands, ones without wands, ones that studied to become one, ones that it just happene..."

Yeah, some wizard and vampire stories are really different than Rowling's or Meyer's, so you don't even think about the similarities. Like, the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage- it has wizards, and that's the only similarity between that and Harry Potter. It's COMPLETELY different and original, and I love it!! Also, I just started reading Peeps by Scott Westerfeld, and I don't even think it can be defined as a "vampire book", it's soo different. XD

[[deleted user]]

seriously Sella. . . I hardly even post anymore!

[Seth, The plan is simple--stay alive.]

lol, about what you said about Peeps, Sella. Seriously, how can they be vamps if the vamp disease is submitted through an STD, not blood?

[Paige]

lolz

[T.O.L.I.]

lol