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Writing

Tobin S.

(10,420 posts) Sat Dec 31, 2011, 09:04 AM Dec 2011

Has this ever happened to you? [View all]

About seven years ago I had a good, original idea for a book and I started to write it. It was really going good, too. The story came to me easier than anything I'd ever attempted to write. After a couple of days I was 7000 words into it. Then I was watching TV one night and I saw a new show with almost the exact same plot.

I still have those 7000 words, but haven't added to them since.

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Has this ever happened to you? [View all] Tobin S. Dec 2011 OP

More proof that watching TV is bad for you. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #1

The twighlight series onlyadream Jan 2012 #2

More than once. Chan790 Jan 2012 #3

Not that, but whenever I write a story SheilaT Jan 2012 #4

Too bad it was going good instead of well. Things may have turned out differently. Just teasing. valerief Jan 2012 #5

I wrote "The Thing" when I was 15 theAntiRand Jan 2012 #6

Musician. It's happened many times. WriteWrong Jun 2012 #7

Yes it has. Fearless Jun 2012 #8

Very common. It's something "in the ether" mainer Jun 2012 #9

The exact opposite happened to me. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #10