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Q&A How to tell readers your story is a re-imagination of a popular story?

As long as you're not committing flatout plagiarism, it's not strictly unethical to write a story that is inspired entirely or in part by another work. It's no secret that character of Sherlock H...

posted 6y ago by TheWolfEmperor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:54:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar TheWolfEmperor‭ · 2019-12-08T10:54:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
As long as you're not committing flatout plagiarism, it's not strictly unethical to write a story that is inspired entirely or in part by another work.

It's no secret that character of Sherlock Holmes was influenced by Edger Allen Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. In fact if you read _Scandal in Bohemia_, you can see the similarities between Doyle's story and _The Purloined Letter_, which was published much earlier.

Using your example, Shakespearean works have inspired countless works. Forbidden Planet - The Tempest. The Lion King - Hamlet A major storyline in Gargoyles was based on a reimagining of Macbeth.

No one flatout said The Lion King was inspired by Hamlet. But the story is still there and it's not a stretch to see where the inspiration came from.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-02-17T19:48:52Z (almost 6 years ago)
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