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PLAIGARISM?

LizyLizy
edited February 2015 in Writing
How do I find out if the brilliant idea for a novel I had in the small hours has been written before?
I have planned it all out in my head and written chapter notes, but I don't want to embark on my first new novel for ages if it's a plot I've remembered from somewhere else.

Comments

  • tearsinraintearsinrain
    The thing you've got to remember is; not idea is new, or ground breaking anymore. Don't worry about those sort of things right now; worry about making the story unique, make it your own. When it's done, there won't be anything else like it.
  • CarolCarol
    Agree with TIR.

    Your characters will be yours, with their own individual quirks. There are only so many plot scenarios.
  • LizLiz
    So true. You can give 5 people in a room a plot, the characters and a storyline and each one would be unique.
  • LizyLizy
    BUT - being me, this plot is quite a twisted tale. I'll just have to hope nobody else's brain is quite as devious as mine :)
  • heatherheather
    I think you're quite safe there :)
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    Lizy, perish the thought! Anyway, what you start out to write may not be what it ends up being - you'll deviate as the ideas come. Don't worry about plagiarism - just write the darn thing.
  • LizyLizy
    Thought I'd spelled it wrong!

    Plagiarism.
    Plagiarism.
    Plagiarism.


    :-S
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