DON'T READ UNLESS YOU NEED. IT WILL RUIN IT FOR WHEN YOU NEED IF YOU READ NOW. WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE IN DIRE NEED OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THIS TO BE FULLY EFFECTIVE!
Okay, this is a slight exaggeration. Other author's totally don't mean to steal your idea, especially if they're already published and your not and they don't even know you exist. Even if it's someone you do know, the likelihood that that person is stealing your idea is very small. They might be using pieces of it, but they aren't really stealing it. So what do you do?
1. If it's someone you don't know with an already published book--Well, there's nothing you can do about that, is there? You can stop writing your book, but I really wouldn't recommend it. If you're planning to publish your book, by the time you finish writing and editing and working out all the glitches the book won't really be remembered all that much and your book won't even be that similar. Don't stress it.
2. If it's someone you do know--Awkward. If it's another writer friend who seems to have 'taken' your idea, then you should probably ask them more about the book. Try to remember if you've told them about your book with the similar theme, and if you haven't you have nothing else to think on. If you have then you might want to point it out to them that you have similar themes. They might either say that it's really weird but funny, or that your writing styles are so different that it doesn't even matter, or they might say that the never thought of that, or something else. Either way, it's probably just a misunderstanding.
So you see, that eve if it seems like someone has 'stolen' your idea, no two people are the same, so either way you'll come out with completely different books.
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