Does anyone know/understand if I am allowed to put references (as below) into stories? I didn’t make any character similar to the brothers, or name, but am I allowed to do such? The references/statements are italicized and bolded.
Thank you!
{Also I am writing two stories as once, and this isn’t the previous story I asked for advice on!}
Script
INT. MORGUE - DAY with MORGUE
@.ALANA faces right @cut to zone 2 @zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0
@.ALANA spot 0.893 80 208 AND ALANA moves to layer 3 @MDE spot 0.983 209 184 AND MDE moves to layer 2 @overlay 5587333900861440_MORGUE shifts to 220 -1 in zone 1 @overlay 5587333900861440_MORGUE scales to 1.684 1.684 @overlay 5587333900861440_MORGUE moves to layer Max Layer
ALANA (talk_armscrossed_neutral_loop)
So this is the only thing you saw on scene?
Nothing weird? Did you smell any sulfur on the body?
@.ALANA is idle_armscrossed_neutral_loop
MDE (talk_shrug_neutral)
Sulfur? What are you a ghostbuster? @zoom on 380 415 to 432% in 3
&ALANA is idle_armscrossed_shifteyes_loop @pause for 3 @zoom reset
MDE (talk_neutral)
I’m just kidding, I know your an EBI agent.
&ALANA is deepbreath
MDE (talk_neutral)
Yea, no. I didn’t see anything Supernaturalish. No brothers or impala either. #ALANA
I once had one of my characters mention Guardians of the Galaxy and Peter Quill [StarLord] within the first three Episodes of one of my stories, and they allowed it… because it passed the review no problem and my story was later shelved.
Plus a lot of other people mention characters from Marvel movies in their stories, too. And Episode allowed it.
So I’m assuming it’s fine, however you’re not allowed to mention their real names.
Like if I’d said Chris Pratt [the guy who plays Peter Quill] instead of his character name, then that wouldn’t have been allowed!
You still can’t, because you’re using a real person… you can use character names, not real names.
For example: I can mention Spiderman in my stories… but not Tom Holland [AKA: The actor who plays him.]
Or I could mention: Tony Stark… but not Robert Downey Jr. [AKA: The actor who plays him.]
Moved to Creator’s Corner since this is about story creation. Make sure to check out our Forum Tutorial for more info about creating topics, and feel free to PM me if you’ve got questions.
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