tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post9191355492902117000..comments2023-09-16T15:03:34.579+07:00Comments on Adam Heine: On the Ridiculous Idea that You Can Steal an IdeaAdam Heinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-77695219006425897352012-05-18T21:07:27.622+07:002012-05-18T21:07:27.622+07:00Excellent post! It took me a while to learn this l...Excellent post! It took me a while to learn this lesson as a writer, and it's often a question I get from the kids I teach at the homeschool co-op my family attends. Ideas are out there, and one of the beauties of humanity is that we have unique ideas and shared ideas that intertwine with each other in our imaginations and come out as something slightly new.Tyrean Martinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356604721537744361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-72731880280019223182012-05-17T23:54:08.753+07:002012-05-17T23:54:08.753+07:00I love both Ender's Game and the Harry Potter ...I love both Ender's Game and the Harry Potter series, and I must say it never occurred to me that there were similarities like that!Nissa Annakindthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289000116822109714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-53318410298131259292012-05-17T15:04:48.096+07:002012-05-17T15:04:48.096+07:00I just care that I guessed right. I was sweating t...I just care that I guessed right. I was sweating there for a second...Jessica Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265579216725914883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-27076502876589613532012-05-17T10:28:36.844+07:002012-05-17T10:28:36.844+07:00TV tropes just sucks you in and never lets you go....TV tropes just sucks you in and never lets you go...Nicole Zoltackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464800543376449290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-64612611857118703132012-05-17T09:49:43.238+07:002012-05-17T09:49:43.238+07:00Sue me.Sue me.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-29415740689216585912012-05-17T09:41:28.606+07:002012-05-17T09:41:28.606+07:00Well said!Well said!Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-78507331004082366762012-05-17T08:05:57.694+07:002012-05-17T08:05:57.694+07:00You stole my blog post idea and how I see myself w...You stole my blog post idea and how I see myself when I dream. Total D-bag!Emmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758728975176586446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-20830969626165563362012-05-17T06:57:29.931+07:002012-05-17T06:57:29.931+07:00Heh, sorry. It wasn't meant as a response to y...Heh, sorry. It wasn't meant as a response to you. It was actually a response to that Assassin's Creed link at the end there.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-68393103220118971622012-05-17T00:46:34.971+07:002012-05-17T00:46:34.971+07:00Tropes are tropes for a reason. We can recognize ...Tropes are tropes for a reason. We can recognize lots of our own ideas in things being published right this moment, but as writers we take the steps to make them our own, shape them with our imagination, our own quirks and writing style.<br /><br />As I was reading your example, I got caught up in your point. I was sitting there thinking "is this Ender or is this Harry?" lol!!!Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-84690291043595755432012-05-16T22:00:59.079+07:002012-05-16T22:00:59.079+07:00I would have said Star Wars. I can see what you me...I would have said Star Wars. I can see what you mean. That plot, (Outcast kid, turns out to be hero, saves the world) is most used. I've used it myself. It's the idea many like. And, as you said, lots of people want to tell it in their own way.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395502314886308773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-31296330296226082372012-05-16T21:57:40.137+07:002012-05-16T21:57:40.137+07:00Is this to comfort me for the Wizard of Oz/Five Ma...Is this to comfort me for the Wizard of Oz/Five Man Band thing? :)Cap'n Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374110956066710321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-64430768317877539452012-05-16T20:30:36.745+07:002012-05-16T20:30:36.745+07:00PREACH!
FWIW, my sister and I both said Ender'...PREACH!<br />FWIW, my sister and I both said Ender's Game at first.Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-12808739825159688902012-05-16T20:14:51.204+07:002012-05-16T20:14:51.204+07:00Amen to archetypes.Amen to archetypes.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.com