tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107702775340540529.post612745182252389027..comments2024-02-26T05:45:16.531+10:00Comments on The Absurd Word Nerd: The Originality ComplexMatthew A.J. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03005261909825215953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107702775340540529.post-27009708929963653732014-03-19T11:00:52.834+10:002014-03-19T11:00:52.834+10:00Unless you are willingingly using someone else'...Unless you are willingingly using someone else's work to write your own, you are not plagiarising. A lot of people think that you can't use someone else's characters, world or themes in your own stories. But that's not true at all. Your just disallowed from using their "words".<br />You can't copyright an idea. Copyright is only bound in the words themselves, and a person's ability to reprint them. It doesn't give you control over any of the themes, ideas, characters or story archs within a story. So, if you're worried about plagiarism, don't be! Because it's like murder, you'll know it if you're doing it. Just don't do it, and you'll be fine.Matthew A.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005261909825215953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107702775340540529.post-41803475377557464342014-03-19T04:17:04.562+10:002014-03-19T04:17:04.562+10:00To be fair to writers, we're also worried abou...To be fair to writers, we're also worried about the big P word: PLAGIARISM. When we're accused of not using an original idea, we fear lawsuits and a ruined reputation. Helen Keller became paralyzed about writing fiction after she accidentally plagiarized a work called "The Frost Fairies," for example, and only wrote autobiography during her life. That's why when we find an idea, we work hard to make it our own to establish ourselves with an untarnished legacy.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786475206547123446noreply@blogger.com