: Re: Rewriting an existing story (fable) to fit it within my fantasy universe My antagonist sends my protagonist a note that says "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". Obviously, this is the

Myths, fables, fairy tales, classics are incorporated, remixed and reused over and over in all kinds of media. See a related question. The repercussions will be that people will notice, and will expect some twist, something to make the old story new. If you fail to deliver that, you will disappoint them.

Your story will be shoehorned by critics as a "retelling" but that's not really a bad thing. It's just like if you put vampires in, it's automatically labeled "horror", doesn't mean vampires or horrors are bad - it's just that if you want to maintain a different identity of the story, it will be difficult.

Expectations will be higher. People are more forgiving for crappy original stories than to crappy retellings - but if you write it well, you have nothing to worry. This applies only to the bottom-scrappers.

But other than that, you're fine. As long as the tale is old enough not to be covered by copyrights, you're just doing what half the "industry" does.

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