Originally posted by --peehu--
i have a doubt
i had written a short story long time back. but the concept of the story is similar to one i had read on I-F long time back. i want to post that SS. does that count as plagiarism??
also, the concept looks similar only in the prologue...rest the whole story is different. and even though the prologue looks very similar, every single word in the prologue is mine. not a word picked up from somewhere else. if i post that SS, will it count as plagiarism??
I know just one thing thanks to my experience as a reader and that is many stories had the same concept.
for eg: many stories are based on the love-hate relationship or the contract marriage. But what makes them different from each other is the way they are written and the course of events, you can't write same events like others right! You maybe got an inspiration but can't copy them right, you will add something yours in it.
So if your concept is the same but the story is written in a very different way i don't think you will have problems posting it.
Maybe try to write the prologue in other words or other way, so that too can be different from the other story.