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: Re: Are there copyright concerns writing about fantasy elements other authors have used? I am wondering if there are any copyright concerns when writing about elves, dwarfs, wizards, clerics and the
Try to be original!
I mean, assuming that you are trying to write something other than mediocre derivative works.
Yes, it is legal, but that doesn’t mean you have to use them.
Although JK Rowling showed us that you could write brilliant novels re-using worn out concepts and ideas, many readers are sick and tired of the same formulaic re-hashed elves, dwarves….
Start by reading more extensively about the genre. Asking “is it legal?†shows that you haven’t read the myriad of fantasy books containing those elements.
Also, you might find out that your brilliant and original ideas about “High Fantasy, along with some sci-fi, and parody†have been exhaustingly written about by a few dozen writers.
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