Comments on: August 28: On This Day … http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/ The Fundamentals of Our Publishing are Wrong Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wolf http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1695 Wolf Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:12:53 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/#comment-1695 Oops... Did I express that Goethe ripped the story - instead of that every writing John D. ripped something out of Werther...? The Hamburger Edition (nothing to do with the food...) says that Goethe wrote somewhat too closely along really existing persons; the girl's fiancé cancelled his friendship for being the baddie in Germany's first bestseller. If you might call this a form of ripping... And welcome to my blogroll :) Oops… Did I express that Goethe ripped the story – instead of that every writing John D. ripped something out of Werther…?

The Hamburger Edition (nothing to do with the food…) says that Goethe wrote somewhat too closely along really existing persons; the girl’s fiancé cancelled his friendship for being the baddie in Germany’s first bestseller. If you might call this a form of ripping…

And welcome to my blogroll :)

]]> By: Sean Lindsay http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Sean Lindsay Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:59:39 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/#comment-1690 I wasn't familiar with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrows_of_Young_Werther"><em>The Sorrows of Young Werther</em></a> (English translation), though apparently it was a massive hit at the time, and apparently it was based on his own unrequited love. From whom did he rip it off, if not his younger, unrequited self? I wasn’t familiar with The Sorrows of Young Werther (English translation), though apparently it was a massive hit at the time, and apparently it was based on his own unrequited love. From whom did he rip it off, if not his younger, unrequited self?

]]> By: Wolf http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Wolf Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:32:53 +0000 http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/2007/08/28/august-28-on-this-day/#comment-1689 Inspiring and true. Save that my countryfolk Goethe indeed wrote the biggest rip-off in history, though it wasn't Faust (which he "borrowed" from a Christopher Marlowe adaption), but "Werther": http://die-leiden-des-jungen-werther.de Now I shall have to come back periodically to see who answered to a flash version of a classic novel - but being such a smart-ass is worth it. Keep the good work up, Wolf Inspiring and true. Save that my countryfolk Goethe indeed wrote the biggest rip-off in history, though it wasn’t Faust (which he “borrowed” from a Christopher Marlowe adaption), but “Werther”:

http://die-leiden-des-jungen-werther.de

Now I shall have to come back periodically to see who answered to a flash version of a classic novel – but being such a smart-ass is worth it.

Keep the good work up,
Wolf

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