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As a newcomer, I have a tendency to dash off a story when inspiration strikes, wholly unaware that I am re-plowing ground that has been well-tilled in the past by far more skilled hands. This is embarrassing, but people have actually been incredibly kind about it.
Case in point: I wrote a novelette about a boy who steps in to play a girl’s part in a theater production when the actress is, err . . . indisposed . Estarriol of Iffish used a similar plot device in It All Started With My Family , a fun story submitted as part of the New Year’s contest. And today I started reading The Might-Have-Been Girl , by the amazing Bronwen_Welsh. I played it mostly for laughs, but Bronwen’s story (I’m three chapters in) has heart, and characters who grab you in a hurry. I am really looking forward to reading the whole thing.
I guess there are only a few ways to get an unsuspecting boy into a frock, as my British friends might say, and the theater provides a good one. Who else has got stories with this theme? Any recommendations?
— Emma
What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.