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Q&A How to assure your plot isn't a carbon copy of another story?

In what case is it justifiable for your own story to differentiate its plot from another, similar plot? For instance, I'm writing a story with a serial killer who whose motive sounds akin to the Ji...

1 answer  ·  posted 11y ago by Chris Okyen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:50:46Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/7764
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Chris Okyen‭ · 2019-12-08T02:50:46Z (about 5 years ago)
In what case is it justifiable for your own story to differentiate its plot from another, similar plot? For instance, I'm writing a story with a serial killer who whose motive sounds akin to the Jigsaw murder from the Saw franchise. I justify he is merely testing for people to work for him and the government's tyranny.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-04-28T02:30:49Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 3