Mus'ing

A Story about Stories

  What constitutes a good story? Mm, what a reader is interested in. Tragedy, good fortune, strong hero, heroine.





Subject matter like adventure, romance, history, people, or walks and ways of living.





  Does a story always need to be original and new, or are there always bits and pieces of old stories and thoughts





in what is written.





    In 1880 a little girl was born into this world, perfect in every way. But in a matter of nineteen months because of





a fever, became deaf and dumb.





    Wait a minute! That's politically incorrect.  She couldn't hear and was blind.





    Her name was Helen Keller who grew to become an author and public speaker.





    I don't remember if it was her first or second story she wrote that she was charged with plagiarism.





  The court case based it's claim on the fact that with limited access to the outside world, the ideas that she wrote





  came from books. The author of another book stated that she copied his book.





  Now, the question arises, if a story can be improved upon, is it the first authors work or the second authors work?





  I personally think it is the second author's work.





  I love reading stories,[no I'm addicted to reading] and the other evening I found a love story that had every thing.





Tragedy, a strong hero and heroine, with a life altering experience. I gave it a ten.





    Side note. I always analyze. I feel the author was a lady, because of a lot of attention to clothes, describing the





hero as a Keeper, filling a room with flowers, and manipulation, to help the hero gain his goals.





    So what I'm saying is perspective from another's point of view is good.





  If anyone wants to ex pound on my stories, please do. I'll back you up, one hundred percent.