So I don’t know if this is where I ask this, but do you need permission to write a companion even if you’re the telling the story from a different perspective with different characters, and not mentioning characters from the original story?
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I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Who would you need permission from? If they're your stories, write them how you want from whatever perspective you want.
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Are you talking about fanfic?
The short answer is you can write anything you want, but if you want to sell it, talk to a lawyer.
Sounds like fanfiction. I thought at first the OP was talking Doctor Who, but I realize they're probably asking about a "companion novel."
You can write all the fanfiction you want (you cannot bring it here, however), and there are websites that support the publishing of it (Archive of Our Own, for example).
The only way to trade publish a story in someone else's universe is to get permission from the right's holder and be asked to write it. So a successful YA author might be asked to write a story about a teenage Jedi who never met the characters of Star Wars, and that's called a tie-in novel. But if you're not asked, you can't make money off it.
You can write all the fanfiction you want (you cannot bring it here, however), and there are websites that support the publishing of it (Archive of Our Own, for example).
The only way to trade publish a story in someone else's universe is to get permission from the right's holder and be asked to write it. So a successful YA author might be asked to write a story about a teenage Jedi who never met the characters of Star Wars, and that's called a tie-in novel. But if you're not asked, you can't make money off it.
You need permission to publish anything that is derivative (derived from, or based on) a work covered by copyright, with very narrow exceptions that have to be granted by the courts.
You can't post anything here that is fan fiction.
You can't post anything here that is fan fiction.
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