WizardWhitebeard
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- Apr 30, 2018
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I've been working as a volunteer editor this year. I recently completed editing a story after which the author revealed that his story was "inspired" by another, published story.
I suggested he request permission from the original author. He did. But, of course, he received no reply.
I reviewed the two stories. Nothing is copied to the new story but they have a very similar plots.
I told him to attribute the original author/story and submit the publication.
It was rejected.
Because this is a derivative work of another author's creations, we require permission before submitting and let readers know in the intro to the story that you have such permission. If you cannot obtain permission from the author and are thus rewriting their work without their permission, we cannot accept this. Thank you for your understanding and we wish you all the best!
Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions. You can find a list of Volunteer Editors here.
As I am the editor, I'm not sure how to proceed. There must be a workaround or else we wouldn't have the very fine works of FTDS (I miss them).
Any suggestions?
I suggested he request permission from the original author. He did. But, of course, he received no reply.
I reviewed the two stories. Nothing is copied to the new story but they have a very similar plots.
I told him to attribute the original author/story and submit the publication.
It was rejected.
Because this is a derivative work of another author's creations, we require permission before submitting and let readers know in the intro to the story that you have such permission. If you cannot obtain permission from the author and are thus rewriting their work without their permission, we cannot accept this. Thank you for your understanding and we wish you all the best!
Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions. You can find a list of Volunteer Editors here.
As I am the editor, I'm not sure how to proceed. There must be a workaround or else we wouldn't have the very fine works of FTDS (I miss them).
Any suggestions?