WIP challenge: April 19 check-in

[insignia]

So, what's the deal today? Have you been writing diligently, googling important stuff, contemplated your plot, or something else?

Aaand today's fanfic flamingo:



How do you react when you realise that your ideas have already been used?

Comments

[linaewen]

I had a frustrating day of taking care of everyone else's business and not being left with time (or energy) to take care of my own, so no planning, research or writing happened. :-/

I've had a couple of shocks when my totally awesome and original ideas were also thought of and used by someone else -- it's an eerie feeling to realize that an idea you thought was amazing and original could actually be thought of by another person. When it happens, I am upset at first, but I get over it quickly. I usually stick to my plan and write it anyway (or leave it as it is without changing it), especially when it's really an awesome idea and I truly did think of it without being influenced by someone else! Once, though, my idea was used by someone I knew before I got around to posting my own version, so after recovering from the shock, I made sure my version was different enough that it didn't look like I'd copied her, while still being able to keep similar to what I'd wanted to convey in the first place.

[psyco_chick32]

I have been moving. And being slammed with real life. I feel like I haven't written anything and I want to scream and lock myself in the closet with my laptop.


Actually >.>
I have a bad habit of stumbling upon a fic idea that sounds great and then getting horribly disappointed. So sometimes I will... um, borrow an idea and improve on it (as far as I'm concerned, LOL)