: Re: How can I know that I'm not plagiarizing? New to the web. I just recently started to write again. I won a few highschool prizes writing short stories. Around the same time, I began to play

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El ver mucho y el leer mucho avivan los ingenios de los hombres. (Seeing much and reading much sharpens one's ingenuity.)

~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Your fear of plagiarism is a common anxiety for beginning writers. After you gain experience and confidence in yourself, you will have no problems producing original content, and you'll stop worrying about accidental plagiarism.

These simple guidelines might help you:

If you're writing for yourself, you can do anything you want.
If you're writing for other people like friends or an informal workshop, be honest about re-using other people's materials, and explain how you're using it.
If you're writing for school or publication:

Write only original content.
Avoid plagiarizing by not copying other people's words.
Avoid copyright infringement by not copying other people's story ideas and characters.

If your fear of plagiarism is holding you back, you can find and use free plagiarism checkers online.

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