Is it ok to adopt a story and write sequel if the author wrote it more than a decade

[sweetdreamssss]

I see a story which is in cliffhanger state but it is written moree rhan a decade ago and the author didn't respond to My replies.

Is it ok according to literotuca if bi adopt and write the sequels

 

[Kojak01]

I see a story which is in cliffhanger state but it is written moree rhan a decade ago and the author didn't respond to My replies.

Is it ok according to literotuca if bi adopt and write the sequels

I'd say that legally, it is not ok. It is the right of the author to end the story with a cliffhanger. Iirc, Stephen King's Pet Semetary does just that when the wife returns...

I do kind of remember, though, that I started to read a story by someone who mentioned in an author's note that he was continuing someone else's story. I do not remember, however, whether or not he had that persons permission.

TLDR: There's only way to find out for sure: DM the site's admins. They usually don't reply to questions in threads.

 

[sweetdreamssss]

I'd say that legally, it is not ok. It is the right of the author to end the story with a cliffhanger. Iirc, Stephen King's Pet Semetary does just that when the wife returns...

I do kind of remember, though, that I started to read a story by someone who mentioned in an author's note that he was continuing someone else's story. I do not remember, however, whether or not he had that persons permission.

TLDR: There's only way to find out for sure: DM the site's admins. They usually don't reply to questions in threads.

This didn't end as cliffhanger but more of the author wanted to write 3rd part but never got a chance and slowly forgot about it .. i guess they started a new life as noone gives their primary email as literotuca login id .

 

[Kojak01]

This didn't end as cliffhanger but more of the author wanted to write 3rd part but never got a chance and slowly forgot about it .. i guess they started a new life as noone gives their primary email as literotuca login id .

Doesn't change anything. George R.R. Martin now deciding not to finish his GoT-Series wouldn't give you the right to do it. The same applies here.
I guess it's easiest to quote myself:

There's only way to find out for sure: DM the site's admins. They usually don't reply to questions in threads.

 

[oggbashan]

The simple answer is NO.

Unless you can get the author's explicit consent the story (and its characters) are copyright and will be for seventy years after the author's death. If you can't contact the author you can't get permission and the sequel is likely to be rejected under Literotica's rules.

You should write your own stories.

 

[Liethra]

It really isn't, not if you don't have express permission. Even if admins gave their permission, it'd be a shitty thing to appropriate someone else's work like that.

The closest thing to okay would be to post it as fan-fiction in the appropriate section, but even that feels very iffy.

I'll echo oggbashan's words and say write your own stories. They are far more rewarding in the long run, no matter how fun fan fiction can be. I can appreciate being emotionally invested in someone's work, but there's a point where you have simply have to let it go.

 

[ElectricBlue]

The simple answer is NO.

Unless you can get the author's explicit consent the story (and its characters) are copyright and will be for seventy years after the author's death. If you can't contact the author you can't get permission and the sequel is likely to be rejected under Literotica's rules.

You should write your own stories.

Agree this.

This question often gets asked, and unless you have explicit permission, the answer is always no. Legally, ethically, morally, no. They're the author's characters, not yours, and you have no rights to do as you choose. The author may have had good reason to end the story as they did, and you should respect that.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I would never do it, and I wouldn’t be happy if someone did it to me. So, for the record, if I disappear and someone comes along later and finishes my series, don’t believe anything they write. I know how it ends and they don’t.

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Given the celebrity/fan fiction section, might it be possible to write an extension to a published author's work there as an homage?

To a lesser degree, might it fit under the humor/satire section? (This would likely work better as a hot take on a category or type of story rather than a specific story or author, I'd think personally)

 

[gordo12]

I see a story which is in cliffhanger state but it is written moree rhan a decade ago and the author didn't respond to My replies.

Is it ok according to literotuca if bi adopt and write the sequels

Tried it WITH the author's permission. Got 25k into it and threw it away, I couldn't duplicate the author's tone and timbre.

Legally, I'm pretty sure what you want to do is not permissible. You could write a parody, but I doubt that's what you want.

Like someone else said: Write your own stories.

Based on the errors in your post I suspect English is not your first language. Make sure that you get an editor to help you clean it up if you do write something.

 

[KeithD]

No, it's not OK.

What you can do is make it your own. There's no copyrighting of ideas. Establish a scenario similiar to where that story left off--with your own characters and setting, but with a parallel dilemma, and then take that scenario wherever you want.

 

[Inkhorn]

Wasn’t there an author(s) by the username of Finishthedamnstory who did this here? I seem to remember their endings were well received, but I don’t know if they had permission or not.

Edit: I checked. FTDS did ask first.

 

[oggbashan]

I have given explicit permission for anyone to complete the part-written stories posted as oggbashan stew because I will not have time to do anything with them before I die.

 

[SimonDoom]

Given the celebrity/fan fiction section, might it be possible to write an extension to a published author's work there as an homage?

To a lesser degree, might it fit under the humor/satire section? (This would likely work better as a hot take on a category or type of story rather than a specific story or author, I'd think personally)

This is a trickier issue. The rule here seems to be that this is OK unless the published author has made it clear that it is NOT OK. There are some exceptions. E.g., you can't "age up" underage characters in published fiction (like the Harry Potter kids) and put them in sexual situations as adults. But fanfiction rules do not seem to apply to the works of Literotica authors.

 

[ElectricBlue]

This is a trickier issue. The rule here seems to be that this is OK unless the published author has made it clear that it is NOT OK. There are some exceptions. E.g., you can't "age up" underage characters in published fiction (like the Harry Potter kids) and put them in sexual situations as adults. But fanfiction rules do not seem to apply to the works of Literotica authors.

I think fan-fic works on the basis that your target readers are fans of the mainstream thing, whatever it is, and are a ready made audience for spin-off content (and such content is not explicitly prohibited by the original author). But I'm not sure that "extending an existing story on Lit because I want to" is the same as spin-off content, which is new.

As a writer, I'd be pissed off if someone came along without my permission and wrote an extension to my Madelyn stories, for example, using those same characters and trying to emulate my style. If they asked permission for a story extension (which is what the OP wants to do), I'd say no.

But if someone, like Jason Clearwater did, came along and said, "Hey, can I borrow Adam and put him with some of my characters," and wrote a brand new story in his style, then I'd look at him with steely eyes and say, "Just don't write him doing anything I wouldn't write him do," and ask for first edit. That's a different scenario, I think, and comes down to your trust in that other author not to mess with your character. That's how my collaborations with Jason and Loqui worked.

As an example, if you came along and said, "Hey, can I borrow Adam? Suzie's got a new yellow bikini and wants a lothario to put suntan lotion on her shoulders," I'd like as not say yes. But if you said, "Hey, I've got a great idea for a sequel to Penis Fish, can I borrow Adam?" I'd probably look at you with steely eyes and ask, "Would he get with the scientist? She was hot." But if all he was doing was picking up the corpses... it's all about what you want to do with the character(s).

But permission is still the thing.

 

[GroverLang]

No, it's not OK.

What you can do is make it your own. There's no copyrighting of ideas. Establish a scenario similiar to where that story left off--with your own characters and setting, but with a parallel dilemma, and then take that scenario wherever you want.

I was going to say the same thing myself but Keith has beaten me to it. There are only so many plots in the world but infinite ways of telling them. Use the story you like so much to inspire your own version. You can start wherever you want as long as you make your story so different no one can accuse you of just copying the original. I’m also assuming your writing style will be different from the original author as well. If there’s a will there’s a way without upsetting anyone.

 

[oggbashan]

PS: I took 13 years to finish my three-part story Christmas Fairy because I had written myself into a corner at the end of part two.