Hello,
I recently wrote a short story I might like to enter in a contest that would have the story published if won, and even if it doesn't win, I'd eventually publish it myself.
Thing is, it has to do with a hot topic that's been going around in the writing world for a while (an author who wrote a book without putting a good warning, and it dealt with incest/rape/etc.), and I've written a story about a person who read the book, and how they reacted to it, how they reacted to the comments about the book, etc. Now, I didn't name the book or author in the story, and while I do mention its themes, would I be allowed to publish this in any way?
Everything written in the story has already been posted on social media by others, so that's why I'm trying to find out if it's a problem since most of it is already 'out there' for everyone to see.
Thank you!
I recently wrote a short story I might like to enter in a contest that would have the story published if won, and even if it doesn't win, I'd eventually publish it myself.
Thing is, it has to do with a hot topic that's been going around in the writing world for a while (an author who wrote a book without putting a good warning, and it dealt with incest/rape/etc.), and I've written a story about a person who read the book, and how they reacted to it, how they reacted to the comments about the book, etc. Now, I didn't name the book or author in the story, and while I do mention its themes, would I be allowed to publish this in any way?
Everything written in the story has already been posted on social media by others, so that's why I'm trying to find out if it's a problem since most of it is already 'out there' for everyone to see.
Thank you!
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