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Old 03-08-2008, 04:30 PM   #1
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Plagiarism problem

My last three books have revolved around one thing - an anti-terrorist squadron tasked with the important mission of stopping terrorism in the States. It's a secretive squad, with two teams of soldiers gathered from the best anti-terror squadrons in the world - SAS, GSG-9, Navy SEALs, Delta Force, Force-Recon, etc... Anyone who into that sort of stuff will know that Tom Clancy wrote a novel, Rainbow Six, a few years back. That's exactly how his anti-terror team was made.

I've had the idea of creating an anti-terror team in my head from I started writing my first novel. I wanted to give my two main characters a team to work with. I've done that, but will it be seen as plagiarism? If so, what can I do? I really had hoped to base a series of books around this team.

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Having similar ideas isn't plagiarism.
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Writing a novel about kids going to wizard school isn't plagiarism. It might be plagiarism if the school's called Warthogs.
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Agreed. Agreed.

I suppose the main problem you'll be facing is that everyone will compare your stories to Rainbow Six. That's a tough ask as Clancy is extremely good. The idea is to make the rest of the story distinct enough to stand on it's own feet with no comparisons.
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