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 Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:22 pm
((Note: I will not post storylines, character names, or anything too detailed, so don't get excited. I really don't want my work stolen, and also, even if that weren't so, I hardly even share my books with my parents. So please forgive me if I'm not so forthcoming with information.))
This work was originally inspired by Cornelia Funke's Inkheart. I got it one Christmas and was ... ecstatic. Let's just leave my crazy-bookworm-ness at that. But I loved the villain, Capricorn, and used his obvious love of evil as inspiration for my own. And, being young, I was even more 'romantic' than I am right now, in one way at least. And that way was that I loved the happy ending.
You know, the one where the handsome boy sweeps the girl who's trying hard but can't help but end up in life-threatening trouble off her feet and defeats the cruel and vengeful bad guy. ((And to think that this happened more than once! Ugh!)) As idyllic as that scene is for a young kid, I can't help but look back and gag.
It's interesting, comparing my writing now to the exact same work as it was four years ago. It's hardly recognizable. One of the most obvious differences is that the protagonist is purely good, a source of inspiration, a point to rally around, someone to protect, even. And the antagonist... pure evil. Vengeful. Even happy and proud that he's evil.
What I think changed all of that is my klutzy stumbling across a play by Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, about three years after starting the trilogy. I'd tried reading the book, but was so hopelessly appalled by the unnecessary sexuality and other crude content that I put it down immediately. But I fell in love with the play. It made me question the nature of 'wicked' and what makes a person that way.
I started a short story from the point of view of my 'villain,' but as yet with no intention of turning the whole good/bad scenario of my books around as Wicked did with The Wizard of Oz. Then that short story evolved into a sequel.
You'd be surprised at all the other things that inspired me, from Star Wars to Broadway ((besides Wicked)) to Fruits Basket to Conference talks (I'm LDS) to a hundred other things.
I have to wonder, what if I wouldn't have heard of Wicked until now, 2007 instead of 2006? What if I had decided to write what I created now (with the whole protagonist/antagonist thing) four years ago?
Now I'm just rambling.
But seriously. Are villains better off like the 100% evil people who seem as though they never had a conscience? Is it better for the reader (and poor confuzzled author) to not know the 'other side'? Or are they better maybe having a 'reason' for the way they are? I mean, it was infinitely more simple when we were all young and watching The Wizard of Oz, wanting Dorothy to be saved from the Wicked Witch of the West and say 'There's no place like home' to be with her famliy again. But now, I watch the movie and only think of Wicked, and how everything is screwed up, like the Wizard and Glinda (Galinda) and the Scarecrow and all their background stories.
Again - rambling. sweatdrop It must be the product of boredom. I think I'll talk about this whole thing later, when I'm not writing with a tendency to prattle.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:23 pm
I check this forum almost every day and this seems to have just turned up, yet it was posted on November 8th. What's going on?
You make some interesting points there though. Sorry, I'd say more but haven't got the time today. I'll re-read and post another time.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:33 pm
I wouldn't worry too much about anyone here stealing anything, Elaini--it's hard to even get anyone to READ our stuff when we post it here, much less have them steal it. smile
But I certainly understand the concern; I had someone steal a character I created for my fanfics on an archive, and though the evidence was blatant they had the backing of the person who owned the archive--so I just sucked up my anger and deleted all my stories from that particular archive. It's awful when something like that happens, but it goes on all the time. sad
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:38 am
Yeah, I understand the concern too. I've even been thinking that maybe by posting at sites like fanfiction.net, it may be harder for someone to steal what you wrote but I'm not sure... rolleyes
So Capricorn, huh? My zodiac sign IS Capricorn. Cool! I can't believe I hadn't seen this sooner...
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:21 am
I have to admit, that i am a total fanboy over the Inkheart trilogy. I really can't wait untill the movies come out! Also, i really think that a villain should be almost the same as your protagonist, except for bad intentions. He should have a hint of benevolence that makes ppl think he might change, but u know otherwise. pirate If a villain isn't a little ruthless, though, how do u make him evil?
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:00 am
I would not worry about people stealing others work in this guild but i have had it happen to me a few times but i think the people in this guild are very nice and wouldnt steal others works.
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:03 pm
Kadajgod6 I have to admit, that i am a total fanboy over the Inkheart trilogy. I really can't wait untill the movies come out! Also, i really think that a villain should be almost the same as your protagonist, except for bad intentions. He should have a hint of benevolence that makes ppl think he might change, but u know otherwise. pirate If a villain isn't a little ruthless, though, how do u make him evil?
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