Though I'm not a great writer or observer but seeing the conversation, arguments about plagiarism I just come to the conclusion that many people even don't know what actually plagiarism is?.
Plagiarism'The practice of taking someone else work and pretends it their own.
But the mostly stories of ours based on situations Like, Kidnapping, rapping, hate love relationship, unnamed relation, forced marriage, problems in marriage life ,marital affairs after marriage or romance, lovemaking etc. etc. and we writers almost use quite similar words in situations like these.
He caught her wrist and pulled her towards him, her eyes widened but before she could realize what was happening he leaned to kiss her.
Or
Someone kept his hand on her face and she couldn't scream.
Or
"i hate you"
"But i love you" ignoring her efforts to free herself, he wrapped her in his arms.
Or
Her breath caught, her lashes flickered nervously as someone clicked the knob and entered in the room'she could guess who was he? Her husband'her newly wedded husband, She sucked in a breath and let her tear to flow.
A male character of the story kidnaps the female character of the story for taking revenge from her father or someone close to her but at the end of the story they fall in love.
Is it plagiarism?
Even in our films and Television serials we see lots of similar characters but the creativity of the writer's mind decide the level of the best characterization among them.
I myself am confused about what is the actual meaning of plagiarism in Present time.
I just want to give my suggestion to Jot and another moderator of the fan fiction forum there should be a thread name * Give opinion what is Plagiarism* where writers and readers can interact and discuss openly where the line of plagiarism start. The thread should be open for a week so at this time of period many people can give their views and points and then after a week Some members whom the moderator will choose or moderator themselves read the POV and points of the members and select the best suggestions, points, and add them in the plagiarism thread or fan fiction rules thread and ask the Members to must read them.
So after implement of these rules whoever will try to break them, will be pointed out easily.
We should keep in mind the other side of the coin too, As members of the fan fiction forum we have to encourage the creativity, writing skill. there are lots of readers , new members and some creative minds who want to write and pen down their thoughts but are scared to write just because people won't read their work and encourage them to think they are involve in plagiarism.
Maria.
Ignore the grammatical errors:) No offence to anyone.
Edited by Maria. - 11 years ago