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A comment on Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change the author's life?.

Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by scott_s on Friday June 03, 2016 @01:22PM (#11831685)
Skip this and read "On Writing". The author of this submission borderline plagiarized this story from King. Yes, I know that they credit the book, but by the end, they basically just replace "I" with "he". It's copying what King wrote, badly. It would take just as much space to just quote King's story.

This bothers me because it's such a poignant story, well-told, and it's King's story to tell, not this author.

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Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by Acanthae on Friday June 03, 2016 @01:36PM (#11831813)
Seconding this; this story is a watered-down version of the real story. If you don't want to dedicate the time to reading On Writing, King also references this story nicely in the introduction to most recent versions of Carrie.
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Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by macavity23 on Saturday June 04, 2016 @01:18PM (#11837059)
It is a great book. It also explains why the ending to The Stand sucks so hard, which always bothered me :)
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Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by dean on Friday June 03, 2016 @02:22PM (#11832174)
Geez. "Plagiarize" is a pretty strong word for this. The guy related one small part of a book, and anyone interested will likely check out the book for themselves anyway. The article is practically a rave review of the book. Give the guy a break.
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Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by scott_s on Friday June 03, 2016 @02:39PM (#11832301)
It is a strong word, and I use it deliberately. These sentences were clearly copied from King. If your reader would be better served by a direct quote, then you are not "relating" a part of a book.
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Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by blazespin on Friday June 03, 2016 @01:32PM (#11831774)
Great. So they basically plagiarized and added a clickbait title. Welcome to new journalism (same as the old journalism).
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Re:Stephen King – How did a misfit high school girl change t... by Kiro on Friday June 03, 2016 @01:55PM (#11831954)
Bookmarks 2016? How is that a clickbait title?
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