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@writepeopleproblems
I miss you Cristi Martin. It's a shame you had to marry and support a douchebag loser like Rus. You could have done so much better than some spaz who thinks screaming into a mic constitutes music.
I am sorry I did this. I disappointed you and for that I have no excuse except that I am not Cristi, know no one named Rus, and have no idea what you are talking about.
Something Rotten!
omg a musical song about COMPLAINING ABOUT WRITING My whole life I have been waiting for this. MY WHOLE LIFE.
OH MY WORD
OMG This is so accurate it hurts!! Is this coming to the west end?? Please say it’s coming to the west end
@determamfidd Have you seen this?
I highly recommend, if you are on the fence about the Cassandra Clare case. You read this court document.
The fact that you can put each character and plot point next to each other and they are the exact same. Says something. I didn’t think they were going to have much of a case. But when it’s this similar. Down to a rebellious sister whose cooking is mocked. I have no sympathy for CC and I will no longer be supporting her books/shows/endeavors.
http://www.courtneymilan.com/cc-complaint/1-3.pdf
Holy shit it’s literally word for word:
There’s literally 15 pages that list every single similarity! It’s insane! I’m surprised Clare didn’t get sued earlier. Can someone who’s read both series confirm that these comparisons are accurate though??
Cause I saw someone asking in the reblogs and someone else claiming that the Dark-Hunter series was published after The Mortal Instruments….
The first Dark-Hunter book was published in 2002. Whereas City of Bones, the first in the Mortal Instruments, was first published in 2007. And before people continue to defend Clare, remember that she has a history of plagarism in her fanworks.
Also, there’s this from the initial report of the lawsuit:
On Friday, Kenyon sued Cassandra Clare aka Judith Rumelt aka Judith Lewis, claiming her “Shadowhunter” series initially used Kenyon’s trademark “darkhunter.” After Kenyon demanded that Clare remove the word “darkhunter” from her work, Clare used the term “shadowhunter” for her protagonists instead, according to the lawsuit. The word “hunter” was also removed from the book title. Clare’s book, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” was published in 2007. Since then, Clare has expanded her use of the term “shadowhunter” despite assurances that she would not, according to Kenyon.
You can find the initial report of the lawsuit here.
I’ve read the first three books (but they’ve been on my reread list for a while) in the series and I can confirm from my recollections that having read through that list? The similarities are pretty fucking damning.
Also, for those who want further reading on the subject of this lawsuit, you can read more here. That contains these two points:
12. In 2006, PLAINTIFF was alerted by some of her distressed fans of the potential publication by CLARE of a work that incorporated PLAINTIFF’s Dark-Hunter Marks. PLAINTIFF demanded that the term “darkhunter” and the Dark-Hunter Marks be removed from CLARE’s work. CLARE removed the term “darkhunter” and the Dark-Hunter Marks from her work, substituting instead the term “shadowhunters” for her protagonist, but removing any reference to “hunter” (whether “shadow” or “dark”) from the title; the book was published in 2007 as “The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones.” Despite PLAINTIFF’s continuing protests and continuous assurances from CLARE and CLARE’s publisher that she/they would not expand the use of the “shadowhunters” term or adopt it as a trademark, CLARE has persisted over time in expanding her use of the term “shadowhunters” from a mere description of her protagonists, first to a tag line on the cover of her works and eventually to a complete rebranding of her works so as to be confusingly similar to the Dark Hunter Series. CLARE’s works are now listed on CLARE’s website, “shadowhunters.com” under the category of “Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters” and include the series of “Mortal Instruments” novels along with “The Infernal Devices,” “The Dark Artifices,” “Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy,” “The Bane Chronicles,” “The Last Hours,” and “The Shadowhunter’s Codex”, each a “Shadowhunter Book” (and collectively, the “Shadowhunter Series”).
13. The Dark-Hunter Series and the Shadowhunter Series are so similar that CLARE’S own publisher mistakenly printed 100,000 copies of a Shadowhunter Book referencing the DarkHunter Mark on the cover. Upon written demand by PLAINTIFF, CLARE’s publisher destroyed tens of thousands of the Shadowhunter Book that contained PLAINTIFF’s Dark-Hunter Mark on its cover. Despite the destruction of tens of thousands of copies of this Shadowhunter Book, thousands of Shadowhunter Books including the Dark Hunter Marks on the cover have now been sold and substantial commercial confusion has resulted.
Bolding is mine for emphasis.
And for those who want more, here’s the fanlore page for Cassandra Clare.
^^This should clarify things if people are wondering what the fuss is about. It’s more than a couple of similarities (which books based on the same sort of thing are going to have)
Creativity don't sell
Hollywood can be creative all they want, people won’t go to the movies. What works are sequels, share universe, cominc book movies, book adaptation, and reboot. Here look top 20 movie of 2015 in Box Office Gross. In bold movies that are completly originals. 3 Movies are originals, are complete creation of the writers mind. And 2 of them are animated movies.
So not only people don’t move their ass to make their own original movies, but they don’t move their ass to go see them, and then, they complain about it ? Studios are there to make money. If when they come up with an original idea, the lost money, they’ll stop it.
When a product don’t sell, you stop making it. That’s all.
1 Star Wars 7
2 Jurassic World
3 Avengers: Age of Ultron
4 Inside Out
5 Furious 7
6 Minions
7 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
8 The Martian
9 Cinderella (2015)
10 Spectre
11 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
12 Pitch Perfect2
13 Ant-Man
14 Home
15 Hotel Transylvania 2
16 Fifty Shades of
17 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
18 Straight Outta Compton
19 San Andreas
20 Mad Max: Fury Road
Author: I have written a book.
Partner: Ruined some perfectly good paper is what you did. Look at it. You have anxiety!
I'm writing a book and my main character is a black trans man. I, the author, am a white cis woman. It's set in a fantasy world. I'm worried that I might get the hate that John Green gets. I've seen him get called disgusting because he's a cis white man, especially when he write a book with a female main character. And then here I am.... I wonder if I'm out of my depth, or I'm out my place. Is this what they call not "staying in your lane"? I need to know so I can make edits before it's too late
As long as you do your research, you should be fine. The idea that “only x can write x characters” is absolutely ridiculous – the problem is, people who aren’t writers (and not fan writers – I mean, actually looking at publishing, or who get deep into the actual art of writing) don’t seem to get that. It’s a lot easier for you to accurately research what it’s like to be a black trans man and write a good character than for you to research how dragons work, or whatever else might come up in your fantasy world. I mean, being an aspiring fantasy writer myself, you wouldn’t believe how little information there is out there on the actual mechanisms of dragonfire (/sarcasm).
In short: people, especially on this site, are stupid. As long as your character is well-researched and treated like a person, you should be fine. If they didn’t hate on that, they’d probably find something else to hate on anyway. Just do your best and accept that some of that bullshit will be inevitable.
~ Gamer One
I’m gonna be honest here. Literally do not let anyone or anything stop you from writing that book. Seriously. You don’t have to “stay in your lane” at all - it’s a fictional character and book for that matter. If anything, people are going to eat it up since the MC is black and trans.
If you get hate, delete it. Seriously - just delete it and keep writing. No one can dictate your work or tell you to stop. You don’t need edits. If anything, do research on that character and what being trans is like. Ask some friends who are trans and get some experience and advice from them. Do research instead of being afraid of what some kid online will say.
At the end of the day, it’s your work. You’re not out of your depth or out of your “place”.
- The Black One
guys i went to make a blog named for my writers’ tag, writepeopleproblems and it’s already taken
my ideas are not solitary and unique TT_TT
Sorry about that.
It Never Fails.
There will always be someone out there who gives you a one-star rating because you use coarse language.
Boo-hoo.
Sign of a newly-published author
Endlessly refreshing the Goodreads front page, looking for your ad to show up in the side bar.
“That’s not it, though the color scheme is similar … Oh come on, I’ve seen that one three times already! … There – no, that’s not it either…”
Since kindlecoverdisasters apparently blocked me, here’s what I have to say to them:
1. I had a book Epublished and you should take note of that. It did relatively well. I made some money on it, more than someone who “Is a worse writer than she thinks she is” should have made. The 100 or so reviews I got were relatively positive. I took the book down to try to submit it to be legit published. Imagine that? Don’t comment on my work when you’ve never read it and I’d be happy if you didn’t reblog my shit to undermine me when you don’t even know me.
2. Secondly yes, it is depressing, it’s depressing that society is being dumbed down now because they’d rather read shit books about Dad Bods than a good one and I don’t even mean MY work I mean ANYONE really. Do you know how many young people have told me Stephen King is a hack writer? I bet you thought 50 Shades was a good book and I 100% KNOW I write better than that fat cow.
3. Don’t tell me what the fuck to be depressed about. This is my dream, I want to be a writer, I also know that I’m at least somewhat good enough to do it. You can’t be a nobody and sell an epublished book the way I did and not be at least SEMI-Talented so refrain from saying anything about me until you have read anything I’ve written.
4. This tumblr blog is just a hobby, I currently freelance write off site and get paid for it but no clearly, CLEARLY I just think I’m better than I am. I’ve been doing this for years, honey, I know what it takes. What does it take? CONNECTIONS and having an agent. Two things which I don’t currently have. Maybe you need to shut the hell up and actually research what you are saying before trying to put me on blast like I can’t possibly be a good writer or Im some fucking emo 16 year old with no life. Fucking hate this dumbass website. Have fun defending bullshit though, I’m glad your asshole followers think it’s cute.
Hi again, Ziggy.
First of all, I didn’t block you, I just wasn’t following you. It’s cool though, I’ve fixed that.
Second of all, I never commented on your work. How could I have, I don’t even know your name. Certainly I’m in no position to judge your artistic output. If you got 100 Amazon reviews you’re doing well though. Good for you. Sincerely.
Is Dad Bod a shit book? Did you read it? Or did you make a snap judgement based on a perceived idea that it’s bad? I’m willing to bet it’s the latter. That’s a shame, don’t you think? Would you want your book slammed by someone who hasn’t taken the time to read it?
As for the rest of your note, it’s all a bit off topic and shouty to be worth responding to, but I’ll leave you with this, courtesy of Hidingunderchairs, who says it better than I ever could…
“This is what I consider the Jeannie Bueller Syndrome. She hates Ferris for being able to skip class and do what she wants and by putting all of her energy into that rage, she fails to notice that she has every opportunity to make the same choices. In other words: her happiness or success is in her own hands. It takes a drugged out Charlie Sheen to help her see this truth.”
Don’t wait for your Charlie Sheen, Ziggy. He’s angry and he’s confused and he smells like a distillery.
This is just about 100% likely to not work out well for you, Ziggy. The internet has a long memory and agents are going to think twice about having much to do with someone who goes off on self-righteous tirades.
That moment when you realise you have a book coming out in three days. o.O
that’s a pretty outrageous word count bruh
Wants to write. Gets discouraged by boyfriend who tells me I won’t succeed. Gets pissed. Dicks around on tumblr pretending everything is fine. Doesn’t want to write anymore. Everything is not fine. Tried not to cry. Cry’s.
Screw the boyfriend, your too good for him. Write, kick ass, even if everything is not fine it will be. Plus you have the most awesome user name ever 💕
today I made a few hours’ worth of minimum wage writing about cannabis trimming machinery, sugar daddy dating, and drug abuse among the business elite. my life is now one in which I wrote the phrase “we’re laughing all the way to Ibiza”
The article I’d really like to get paid money to write is “10 ways I dream of the destruction of all humanity”
WHEN THERE ARE STILL TYPOS IN DRAFT #12
I’m just like:
it pisses me off how writing doesn’t get people money unless they’re like jk rowling like writing books should be one of the highest paying jobs in the world that shit is hard
i bet that open heart surgeries are harder
Open heart surgeries can be taught. You can’t teach a person a world that no one else has created.
you won this time.
