I plan on writing a story with ideas from several sources does it sound like it

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I plan on writing a story with ideas from several sources does it sound like it could be good?

i plan to use real people that i know including myself. it will focus on the current lives of five ladies. some are teens and some are adults. they get a visit from a strange man who gives them each a special power to help prevent danger to a place in the late country. one of us falls in love with a prince and marries him. the others live in the palace due to the duty they have to carry out. the idea for the special powers comes from a game call kingom hearts. so far i have fire, earth, wind, water, and thunder. there will be fighting combat as well which is something like what they do in star wars (without the crazy force stuff) and lord of the rings. i just want an honest opinion on what people think about my idea. and can it be considered copy right abuse to kingdom hearts, star wars, and lord of the rings? there wont be names or anything from those just the combat and power ideas.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I can't tell you how good your story would be without seeing it -- in the right hands, almost anything can make a good story. However, I would suggest that you take care not to let your work become too derivative. A lot of new writers make this mistake, and it can actually trap you into writing a certain type of story with certain kinds of characters rather than being truly creative. All writers borrow ideas from elsewhere, just be sure that you're adding your own ideas as well.

I'm not really familiar with "Kingdom Hearts", but the use of the four classical elements (earth, air, fire, water) is quite common in fantasy fiction and can work well. However, I'd caution against throwing in a non-classical element like thunder unless you have a good reason, and "because it's in 'Kingdom Hearts'" isn't a good reason. People who've played "Kingdom Hearts" will recognize where you got the idea from and think it's a rip-off, and people who haven't will just wonder why "thunder" was thrown in with the four classical elements.

Finally, an idea cannot be copyrighted. Only a particular expression of an idea qualifies for copyright. "Elemental powers" and "combat" are such general, common ideas that copyright won't be an issue unless your story is otherwise very similar to a copyrighted work. Names can't be copyrighted, but they can be trademarked, so it's good that you're not going to borrow any "Star Wars" names or anything.