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You can make your tale less similar by changing the characters, plot, location and/or theme but please don't. The world needs more Harry Potter (HP) type books where good triumphs over evil over a ...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:15:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/37304 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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robertcday
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2019-12-08T09:15:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
You can make your tale less similar by changing the characters, plot, location and/or theme but _please don't_. The world needs more Harry Potter (HP) type books where good triumphs over evil over a long period of time and I hope yours will continue this hallowed tradition. Just about every kind of story has been told in one way or another but this should not (and does not) make other authors give up writing. Rewriting HP as a Space Opera with giant ants, or Romeo and Juliet as a Vampire Tail (with top-hat and tales), or Moby Dick as a Sado-Masochisticically inclined Romantic Comedy is perfectly acceptable so long as you do not use names and other identifiable characteristics that are still copyrighted. Everyone's free to reinvent anything and everything and there's absolutely no reason for you to decline your pre-reserved seat at the top table. Sit down, tuck in, enjoy! And good luck with your project.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-06-28T15:16:09Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 1