Post by Valhalla Erikson on Apr 12, 2022 6:23:47 GMT
This is something a little different when compared to the usual format. This is where I'd provide some writing tips or discuss writing related topics. Today I'll discuss Story Hijacking or crafting a story that is inspired by another work of fiction.
While the old saying, nothing is original, rings true there have been writers capable of crafting a story that was based on another work of fiction but with a writer's own spin on it. I'm going to use six examples of this. Three from different authors and three from my own.
Neil Gaiman did a short story that was inspired by Frank Frazetta's art that involved a woman taming two sabertooth tigers. If you look at the art and the short story they're two completely different things yet you can see where the inspiration came from. Especially if you'd follow Frazetta's art.
Note: I cant post the art here because of the NSFW nature of it.
Even Stephen King has ripped off himself. IT was basically the kids from Stand By Me vs A Cosmic Horror Clown. With a few things changed here and there.
Fist of The North Star is what you'd get if you take Mad Max and make it into a Martial Arts Manga.
As far as myself is concerned I have a few stories that are influenced by other works. The Astonishing Ultra-Girl I'd always look at as Buffy but if she were a superhero with psychic powers.
Shepard Mysteries is Smallville but what if Clark Kent lived in a combination of any fucked up small town in Stephen King's novels. And Clark's adopted parent is an semi-retired superhero.
While this other story I haven't produced yet I was developing an outline of a story that is a little like the movie Unforgiven but with Spies that are in the Twilight Era of the Spy Game due to the recent rise of superheroes and superheroes taking covert missions. So in this story I had it where the main character contemplates her place in this new era. While working on one espionage assignment with a fellow spy and a young heroine.
The lesson to take from this topic is don't be afraid to use a past concept that inspired you. Just don't blatantly rip it off. Be creative enough to do a few interesting twist so that you'd have your own thumbprint on the story you crafted.
While the old saying, nothing is original, rings true there have been writers capable of crafting a story that was based on another work of fiction but with a writer's own spin on it. I'm going to use six examples of this. Three from different authors and three from my own.
Neil Gaiman did a short story that was inspired by Frank Frazetta's art that involved a woman taming two sabertooth tigers. If you look at the art and the short story they're two completely different things yet you can see where the inspiration came from. Especially if you'd follow Frazetta's art.
Note: I cant post the art here because of the NSFW nature of it.
Even Stephen King has ripped off himself. IT was basically the kids from Stand By Me vs A Cosmic Horror Clown. With a few things changed here and there.
Fist of The North Star is what you'd get if you take Mad Max and make it into a Martial Arts Manga.
As far as myself is concerned I have a few stories that are influenced by other works. The Astonishing Ultra-Girl I'd always look at as Buffy but if she were a superhero with psychic powers.
Shepard Mysteries is Smallville but what if Clark Kent lived in a combination of any fucked up small town in Stephen King's novels. And Clark's adopted parent is an semi-retired superhero.
While this other story I haven't produced yet I was developing an outline of a story that is a little like the movie Unforgiven but with Spies that are in the Twilight Era of the Spy Game due to the recent rise of superheroes and superheroes taking covert missions. So in this story I had it where the main character contemplates her place in this new era. While working on one espionage assignment with a fellow spy and a young heroine.
The lesson to take from this topic is don't be afraid to use a past concept that inspired you. Just don't blatantly rip it off. Be creative enough to do a few interesting twist so that you'd have your own thumbprint on the story you crafted.
