I'm not a plagiarist... I swear.

[EmilyMiller]

Hey, @onehitwanda got a story banned (or someone did it for her... here's the thread about it) and I don't think that story had as many similarities to hers as mine did to Djmac's

Wanda has super powers.

Em

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Wanda has super powers.

Em

I don't have super powers though.
Only mediocre ones

 

[Euphony]

Hey, @onehitwanda got a story banned (or someone did it for her... here's the thread about it) and I don't think that story had as many similarities to hers as mine did to Djmac's

I would copy paste the rules for you but, unlike apparently EVERYONE HERE, I DON'T plagiarize.

*dictated not read

 

[ElectricBlue]

Are you sure that's the exact name? I'm Googling it, and coming up blank. Can you link something showing what you're talking about? Is it a porno or something?

Such innocence, how delightful!

 

[Djmac1031]

Such innocence, how delightful!

In fairness, I fell for it too.

 

[ElectricBlue]

In fairness, I fell for it too.

Well, you know the corollary to "great minds think alike", don't you?

 

[RetroFan]

Sometimes you write something into one of your stories, and only later find out there is a similar scene in a book, movie or TV show you weren't aware of at the time of writing.

For example, in one of my stories an abusive husband/father doesn't like his dinner and eats dog food instead. People might have thought I got the idea from the early 1990s movie "Prince of Tides" but at the time I wrote the scene I had never seen the movie or read the book. It does differ of course. In my scene the angry husband feeds his dinner of meat loaf to the dog then gets a can of dog food, heats it up himself and willingly eats it at the dinner table while sniping at his wife the whole time that the dog food was better than the slop she prepared for his dinner and how useless she is. In the Prince of Tides scene the husband who doesn't like his dinner is secretly fed dog food by his wife who says it is beef hash and rice, and doesn't know the difference and really enjoys his dinner. But still there is that similarity, which was completely unintentional on my part.

And it is possible for two writers to come up with a similar story on this site without knowing it. For example, an author might write a story about how the fed-up wife of a philandering senator from one of the New England states has an affair with a handsome young man who works at their country club in the late 1970s, without knowing I wrote a story with this exact plot nearly 10 years ago.

 

[Djmac1031]

These are all fairly general themes and ideas.

And it is possible for two writers to come up with a similar story on this site without knowing it.

I'm currently working on a story about a mom who becomes sexually attracted to her son after a car ride where she's forced to sit on his lap.

I'm almost positive THAT one's never been done before, right?

 

[MediocreAuthor]

I'm currently working on a story about a mom who becomes sexually attracted to her son after a car ride where she's forced to sit on his lap.

I'm almost positive THAT one's never been done before, right?

I'm planning an entirely original story where a man has sex with a woman, but here's the twist. He puts it in her butt! Please tell me no one has done that one yet.

 

[Djmac1031]

I'm planning an entirely original story where a man has sex with a woman, but here's the twist. He puts it in her butt! Please tell me no one has done that one yet.

That reminds me, there is one very big difference between our stories:

Yours has butt stuff.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I'm planning an entirely original story where a man has sex with a woman, but here's the twist. He puts it in her butt! Please tell me no one has done that one yet.

His hand?

Em

 

[MediocreAuthor]

His hand?

Em

No, his... umm... his, you know... His ding-a-ling

 

[ElectricBlue]

No, his... umm... his, you know... His ding-a-ling

Bicycle bell? Door bell?

 

[Djmac1031]

No, his... umm... his, you know... His ding-a-ling

All the slang terms and euphemisms you used in Test Subjects, but NOW you're tip toeing around the dirty words?

 

[EmilyMiller]

No, his... umm... his, you know... His ding-a-ling

He put a bell in her ass? Sick perverted shit!

Em

 

[Djmac1031]

Door bell?

Do back doors even have doorbells?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Do back doors even have doorbells?

I see what you did there…

 

[Djmac1031]

I see what you did there…

I mean, I know the front entrance has them, although a lot of people apparently have trouble finding them...

 

[EmilyMiller]

I mean, I know the front entrance has them, although a lot of people apparently have trouble finding them...

It’s normally straightforward. Start at the keyhole and move upwards.

Em

 

[Djmac1031]

It’s normally straightforward. Start at the keyhole and move upwards.

Em

I usually just pound away til someone let's me in.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I usually just pound away til someone let's me in.

You may need to roll back a protective covering to access the actual bell. Though sometimes it is protuberant.

Em

 

[Djmac1031]

You may need to roll back a protective covering to access the actual bell. Though sometimes it is protuberant.

Em

You also have to be careful about how they're wired.

I recall one occasion where I rang the doorbell and the sprinklers came on.

 

[EmilyMiller]

You also have to be careful about how they're wired.

I recall one occasion where I rang the doorbell and the sprinklers came on.

This can be a hazard. Particularly when the wiring is non-standard.

Em

 

[TxRad]

Not only was the bell cross-wired. The sprinkler was connected to the hot water heater. Very odd.

You also have to be careful about how they're wired.

I recall one occasion where I rang the doorbell and the sprinklers came on.

 

[Djmac1031]

This can be a hazard. Particularly when the wiring is non-standard.

Em

I just had an epiphany about what the song "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward is REALLY about...