Plagerism... and leftover high school drama

[jordanneleigh]

As a senior in high school I was lucky enough to be the editor of my school's literary anthology. It was all great and lovely, and I know I did quite a bit more than an editor really should have to do (I was the staff in both the Visual and Grading teams) but I wasn't really the *editor*. I had a final say on how pages looked, what order the

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[space_raider182]

wow. well um, that's really messed up of that girl. She knew her story was being published? She knew errors would be corrected? And then she calls it *plagerism*? Um, no. For such an amazing writer, she obviously doesn't even know what that word means.
My advice? Don't put yourself down because of that person. They have problems. Writers are often times eccentric (just look at your flist on this site and tell me Im wrong) and maybe this one is just a little crazy.
It's ok to be posessive of your work (due to a recent experience, I just realized that Im VERY territorial about the crap I write) but if you know it's going to get published and will *go through editing* you need to chill out a little.
It's not your fault, jordan. That was just a really bad experience.
xoox

[jordanneleigh]

Well, I mean, she *was* the vice president of the club... I think she felt angry that no one talked to her... though we didn't talk to any of the authors...
*sigh*
thanks for the comforting words!

[space_raider182]

ohhh I get it now. So maybe she felt like her authority was being overstepped as vice prez?
In any case, calling it *plagerism* is an overreaction. And really? It was all the way back in highschool? Dude, she needs to let it go. Highschool doesn't matter anymore. Move on.
As for you, don't sweat it. It's not a big enough deal to stress over anymore and she doesn't deserve your esteem.
xoxo

[jordanneleigh]

Yeah, I do think she overreacted and that she should let it go... I just hate that it's such a problem. I really liked being her friend, and it's hard to do so when she holds this grudge.

thanks again!
*hugs*

[aki_hoshi]

Okay...ONLY based on what you said, and how I took it in...

The LAST thing you should be doing is hating yourself. It wasn't a mistake, and it wasn't plagiarism. She needs to realise that and forgive you or effing move on. I don't think you did ANYTHING wrong. Especially since she signed a waver form. She can hate you all she wants for it, but you... YOU need to let your hatred for yourself go, because to me, it seems like you did nothing that wasn't in your power to do. Tough decisions have to be made sometimes. End of story.

[jordanneleigh]

The thing is, this is the girl I sang at graduation with. The girl who swapped english and biology notes... I would hate to be angry at her. I know that I'm really angry at the situation, so I'm putting all the anger towards myself. I do think she is being unfair for still being angry...
Thanks for commenting, though! It helped

[curia_regis]

O.o I don't think that girl knows the meaning of the word! *hugs*

[jordanneleigh]

*hugs*
thanks, hun. I've been wondering what she meant by that too...

[maja_li]

...clearly this girl doesn't know what "plagiarism" is. Being overly possessive of your work is an understandable sentiment, but not one that's conducive to things like, I don't know, actually getting published. She may have the raw talent, but the best writers are the ones who can look at their work with a critical eye and say, "You're right. That needs to be changed. And I'm glad you pointed it out because it's part of the process that will make me a better writer, because Lord knows nobody's perfect."

It's not you, lovely. It's her. For real. ♥

[jordanneleigh]

The thing was, the little titles cleared up edges that she *wanted* to be blurred, but with them I thought the story had much more "magic" in it. It was an opinion thing and she freaked out.

But thanks for the kind words! I needed it!

[anonymous]

You shouldn't want to be her friend. She doesn't deserve your friendship.

[jordanneleigh]

Well, I don't know if anonymous commenters get notified if I reply, but thanks for stopping by...

We have so much in common, and such a history... I think she's being immature about the past and if she would just let it go then it wouldn't bother me so much.

Thank you for the nice words. I know that right after the drama happened, I felt unworthy of *her* friendship... so it's nice to think that I might've been wrong about that. I tr to be a good person, a good friend... and she was so betrayed by it that I didn't know what to think...

So yeah, thanks!