*scritches head*

[roxy]

I have this story I wanted to post, but I when I read over it, I thought it sounded very familiar and I'm not sure now if I may have lifted bits from someone without realizing it. What would ya'll do in a situation like this? I'm not going to post it because I'm really uncomfortable with it, but I'm just curious, has this happened to anyone else?

Comments

[tabaqui]

Go find the fic you think you lifted from, and re-read. Don't worry if some 'points' are the same - i mean, how many stories about Spike and Xander have them watching movies and getting all lusty?

And if you're still not sure, have somebody ELSE read both, and see what they think.

Any sort of 'lifting' you might have done was purely accidental, i'm sure, so don't sweat it too much.
:)

[herohunter.livejournal.com]

You could post a diclaimer saying exactly that, sweetie, that you think it might reflect something you've read before...I mean, we can never be sure that what we read won't stick around in our subconscious, right?
OR you can send it to me, and I'll love reading it!!
*snickers*

[kirana]

*grins sheepishly* I think it's something that every writer comes up against at least once. Personally, I don't know how many times I've had it happen to me, but I do know it's damned annoying. The only way to keep it from happening is, I think, to go with the really esoteric pairings and/or ideas.

[lastscorpion.livejournal.com]

I once found that I had used sort of a lot more of the plot, etc., of a comic book than I had originally thought I was going to. I ended up just citing it -- you know, giving the title and authors and stuff, and saying that I had taken a lot of stuff from it.

[shattered.livejournal.com]

I'm horrible at giving advice, so first off, *hug*

It can be scary, but at the same time, I do think it's bound to happen a lot when in fanfic. The characters are the same, and it's all branching off from the same show, so it's inevitable that there will be a lot of overlap.

But at any rate, I hope you're able to get it all sorted out.:-)