**********Contains some plot point and content spoilers from Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers, Bled Dry by Erin McCarthy, and The Nocturne by Jordan Scott**********Contains discussion on ending of Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers and Bled Dry by Erin McCarthy**********
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090804/stage_nm/us_books_twilight
So this article is quite interesting. Author Jordan Scott is accusing Stephanie Meyer of copying a little known book she published two years before Breaking Dawn was released. Hmm.
Four points of similarity that were brought up were that there was a wedding scene, there was sex on a beach, there was a scene that showed how hard it was for the human to become vampire, and that the male using the term love when referring to their wife.
One point one, the wedding scene. It was obvious through reading the other Twilight saga books that a wedding scene was needed. I don’t have my copy of Ecilipse on me but didn’t they bring up marriage by the end of that novel? I sort of felt like it would happen since the end of the second book. I don’t feel like it is something that came out of nowhere for Breaking Dawn. I feel like Meyer probably wrote all the book while thinking ahead to how the whole thing would end. I have a feeling the wedding idea came to her before The Nocturne.
Point two, sex on the beach. Okay I guess I can see how if you wrote a book involving a vampire and human going to an island and having sex that you might think someone else later copied that if you saw it in another book. I will give the other author that. It isn’t something that is extremely common in books.
I do however think it is ridiculous to say that someone writing about how painful vampire transformations are is copying you. I would say 90% percentage of accounts of vampire transformation whether they be in books, on tv, or in movies, are very painful. This is not some new concept that Scott just suddenly came up with.
Even more ridiculous is claiming that you came up with calling your significant other love. That is common in the english language. I have had boyfriends that call me that. Heck, sometimes I call people that even though I’m more of a honey or kid kind of person.
Overall, I would say based on what the article stated, this is not a valid accusation. However, I have not read The Nocturne so it is hard to really have an opinion. However, similar plots and plot points between books are nothing new at all. I think I have mentioned on here before that I see lots of similarities between Breaking Dawn and Bled Dry by Erin McCarthy. Bled Dry came out a year before Breaking Dawn. There was also a human/vampire relationship. It resulted in a baby. Pregnancy between vampires and humans is something completely new so the couple and friends try to hid it from a higher up vampire council of some sort. Near the end someone from another country comes out and states that there was other babies born from a vampire/human. See how someone could say Meyers copied McCarthy too?
It seems like most books could be accused of copying from another source in some extent. Sometimes books are similar. I don’t think that always means that the person copied. Look at The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger, Hollywood is like High School with Money by Zoey Dean, and The Second Assistant by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare. Are those not all about a second assistant that gets crap from someone else at their job? Did they all copy each other? Did the similarities stop me from enjoying them all? No. Definately no. I’m reading Zoey Dean’s book right now and loving it.
Do you think Meyers is a copier? Do you think the case will stick? Have you ever read a book that was a lot like another one?
