I love Harry Potter but this isn't it...
I'm getting tired of taking up for this book already, and I'm not even writing it yet! I'm not writing a Harry Potter book! Literally, what would make people so stupid as to think that A) I would be stupid enough to try and write about a boy wizard who's parents died, and who now needs to fight the guy who killed them (it's been done) B) That just because I read and enjoy Harry Potter books that that alone would make me write a book just like it or C) That there can't be more than one godforsaken wizard, witch or wizarding school for that matter, in the whole entire world.
Yes, I'm writing about the magical world, which believe it or not, exists in more places than England, France or Bulgaria. It's fiction, so let's say that if there are schools in those countries, would there not be one in America? And if there was, couldn't a good story come out of there too? Like I said, I'm not writing about a boy who's parents were killed, I'm writing about someone else who has nothing to do with anyone named Harry.
I'm sure that when (staying positive and not saying if) I get this book published, I'll face a lot more of this kind of stuff and I'm good with that. It's just hard not to have the wind knocked out of you when your trying to put ideas together and people are assuming your just copying off of someone else.
What's troubling me is that I really don't want to copy the Potter books but it's hard to separate certain magic that has to exist in the world I'm writing about too. Do you get what I'm saying? Like, for instance if my charactors are operating in the same world that JK Rowling's charactors are, then we may have some of the same magical creatures. Now I would never use one of her names for these creatures (Americans use different terms for things anyway) but they have to exist, right? As long as they could survive in America. There are some things that wouldn't be in America, just because it's a different country. Get it? It's rough, trust me. I'm trying with all of my might not to copy anything from those books but some of it seems essential.
I just don't want those books to have an influence on my book either way. Like I surely don't want to seem like I'm copying from JK Rowling but I also don't want the books she wrote (no matter how popular) to hinder me because I'm trying to avoid any simularities. Whew. See what I mean?
Basically, what I'm saying is: I love JK Rowlings books, love them, but I just don't want to rewrite them. They inspire me to write, but they don't inspire me to copy from them. Follow me? Yeah... me either.
Have a good day guys.
Yes, I'm writing about the magical world, which believe it or not, exists in more places than England, France or Bulgaria. It's fiction, so let's say that if there are schools in those countries, would there not be one in America? And if there was, couldn't a good story come out of there too? Like I said, I'm not writing about a boy who's parents were killed, I'm writing about someone else who has nothing to do with anyone named Harry.
I'm sure that when (staying positive and not saying if) I get this book published, I'll face a lot more of this kind of stuff and I'm good with that. It's just hard not to have the wind knocked out of you when your trying to put ideas together and people are assuming your just copying off of someone else.
What's troubling me is that I really don't want to copy the Potter books but it's hard to separate certain magic that has to exist in the world I'm writing about too. Do you get what I'm saying? Like, for instance if my charactors are operating in the same world that JK Rowling's charactors are, then we may have some of the same magical creatures. Now I would never use one of her names for these creatures (Americans use different terms for things anyway) but they have to exist, right? As long as they could survive in America. There are some things that wouldn't be in America, just because it's a different country. Get it? It's rough, trust me. I'm trying with all of my might not to copy anything from those books but some of it seems essential.
I just don't want those books to have an influence on my book either way. Like I surely don't want to seem like I'm copying from JK Rowling but I also don't want the books she wrote (no matter how popular) to hinder me because I'm trying to avoid any simularities. Whew. See what I mean?
Basically, what I'm saying is: I love JK Rowlings books, love them, but I just don't want to rewrite them. They inspire me to write, but they don't inspire me to copy from them. Follow me? Yeah... me either.
Have a good day guys.