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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/25192
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 **In plagiarism, you copy another persons words and idea.**

As long as you're not doing _precisely_ that you're fine! :)

Seriously, I copy stuff all the time. In my writing, there's a city that was destroyed by a dragon. Sounds like Erebor from The Hobbit, right? Well, my city is crafted entirely of ash because when the dragon destroyed it, its fire was so hot it vindicated all life and turned everything into _ash_. I just took a twist on Tolkien's idea. To be honest, I bet Tolkien took the dragon-burning-down-city idea from somewhere else. Dragons burn down villages _all the time_. For one place, I literally ripped the entire mountainous, foggy scenery from Tomb Raider 2013 because I **loved it so much. I am so glad I played that game and got to see such beauty. Lara Croft is totally gorgeous too!**

If you want, you can even take that idea I had and put your own twist on it. It really, really doesn't matter. Don't stress, just chill and write, it's great. I love some of the groundbreaking things I've read and have used them in my own work. Just don't copy everything, don't copy every event in order. If you copy the events and stuff, but renames places/characters that's still copying.

Just chill and write, it's so fun to write. Throw in your own ideas, slap together some new ones, put those in, take some ideas from others, add it all together and you've got a superb best selling novel. For me, a good mix of ideas that have been repackaged, new thoughts, good inspiration, that's what makes stuff amazing.

Do you want to know what I think about your work?

> I think'll be great. Mix inspiration, new thoughts, stolen thoughts, cool stuff, put your twists on the thoughts you steal and beautifully integrate them. **It'll be great!** I'm so excited for you to get published, please tell me when you do so I can read it!

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