Posted:
I am enraged.
This forum knows my stand on plagiarising very well. I will not stand by anyone who plagiarises someone else's work because people do not have any idea what writers have to go through to write each word. The amount of work that goes into creating the perfect characters that would carry on our plots, the hours spent making sure every period, comma, exclamation mark, question mark was properly placed, and most importantly, the attachment to our work that we feel when we write. To have all this hard work posted under someone else's name, who had NO hand in the process whatsoever, is the most painful thing for a writer.
Last time something like this happened, I took a stand against plagiarism and was at the receiving end of countless hate PMs and immense support for the person who committed the act. I left the forum because I lost faith in those whom I had considered "friends" but had sincerely hoped that none of this would happen again.
Yet I was wrong.
Aru, I encouraged you to write and to build your skills as a writer because nothing makes me more proud than new writers polishing their skills and gracing us with their talents, yet now I feel cheated and guilty. I feel at fault for this issue because I encouraged you to write your story, except you ended up plagiarising. This makes me even more angry.
This forum knows my stand on plagiarising very well. I will not stand by anyone who plagiarises someone else's work because people do not have any idea what writers have to go through to write each word. The amount of work that goes into creating the perfect characters that would carry on our plots, the hours spent making sure every period, comma, exclamation mark, question mark was properly placed, and most importantly, the attachment to our work that we feel when we write. To have all this hard work posted under someone else's name, who had NO hand in the process whatsoever, is the most painful thing for a writer.
But who am I kidding? As far as I know, few hours or so a post will go up in support of the one who plagiarised and those of us who actually take a stand against this crime will be shunned/ignored. To be honest, I have no idea why I'm even explaining my point again. Some of you clearly have shown that learning from past mistakes is not possible.
To the darling writer (Chokri_ASR) who wrote the original story on ArShi (holy crap, that is some writing woman!), hats off for such incredible talent. While I do not know you personally, I stand by you 100% because I understand what you're going through. And I even have my cavalry with me! *looks at the mirror and blows kiss*
To the people in support of the original writer, thank you for coming out to support her. While some of us weren't so lucky to receive support from the readers last time, I'm glad the original writer has your faithful support. I applaud the camaraderie and happily stand by you in support.
As for Aru, I really hope you read this thread and do what cherrybloom1 (forgive me mademoiselle, but I do not know your name) has requested.
Highly disappointed and angry,
Akira
Udne Ki Aasha
Anupamaa
