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Date Posted: Friday, April 06, 02:47:41pm
Author: Diane
Subject:

How much is too much?

I got this comment today on my Live Journal:

Your not even a real writer. All you do is steal other peoples dialogue and pretend its your own by putting a few sentences before and after. First you lie then you steal. You are so pathetic, and I�m sure your �fans� if you have any know this. Do us all a favour and just close your LJ since you can�t write anything original.

It was sent by �Anonymous,� but as I know her IP, city and state (via sitemeter) she is not unknown to me at all. This is the same woman who bounced from thread to thread in the �Roygate� piece I posted hurling insults and picking fights. I don�t take her seriously, as she is obviously either sick and twisted or simply needs a life; perhaps a bit of both.

But I did wonder. I know the last few fanfics I posted are *very* heavy on original dialogue; I don�t deny that. In fact, it�s in the header of every piece I write if I use more than a phrase or two. I don�t �steal,� but I do borrow; though I delete, add to, shuffle, paraphrase and alter the actual verbiage in various in sundry ways to fit the plot of the fic.

But how much is too much? I really need to know, as there are six more fics in this arc in which I borrow snippets of dialogue. I�m not trying to improve on the original, or in anyway claim it as my own; but I do write around it. Any thoughts?

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Replies:

Oh, how delightful...(r) -- Genevieve, Saturday, April 07, 12:32:50am
- Yes, a lot! -- Diane, Monday, April 09, 11:46:18am
Re: How much is too much? -- Hal, Saturday, April 07, 08:11:50am
- I did wonder... -- Diane, Monday, April 09, 11:48:59am
Hi, Diane! *waves* -- Cynaera, Saturday, April 07, 08:57:58am
- Thanks! I think I will. ;) (NT) -- Diane, Monday, April 09, 11:50:36am
Re: How much is too much? -- KT, Saturday, April 07, 09:19:03am
- Thank YOU, KT. ;) -- Diane, Monday, April 09, 11:56:06am
Just ignore this person -- JayBee, Saturday, April 07, 11:41:11am
- Garsh! Thanks! -- Diane, Monday, April 09, 12:00:19pm
I'm with "all of the above"... -- ~delle, Saturday, April 07, 06:21:35pm
- It's official: No Trolls Allowed -- Diane, Monday, April 09, 12:02:57pm
Re: How much is too much? -- sk, Wednesday, April 18, 09:43:15am
- Re: How much is too much? -- Diane, Saturday, April 28, 08:57:38pm
�Anonymous,� should have signed as gutless -- Rox, Tuesday, April 24, 07:02:48pm
- I'm not sure...(r) -- Diane, Saturday, April 28, 09:08:16pm
Re: How much is too much? -- warren, Saturday, May 05, 01:28:22am