Another option (I thought of after posting before) is to ask a Beta to look at the two stories prior to posting. If they are really too similar perhaps the Beta and you can brainstorm on how to change your story to make it more unique. (I hate the thought of throwing away a perfectly good story.
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If you wrote your story completely unaware of the other story, you should be free plagiarism wise. (It should vary enough on its own that it would different from the other story, if this were the case.) Also, I'm sure the author would love the free publicity of a "great minds think alike" link to her story in your FDK thread.
I just posted a Prankster story last month based on a certain scene (you all know the one), and I'm posting ANOTHER one this month on the same scene. I also read a story recently by Sue on the same scene and am Betaing yet another on the same scene. All the stories are different. As Artemis said how many ASU rewrites are there out there? (ASU actually in itself was based on an old George Reeves "Adventures of Superman" episode).
Good luck! But I hope you post the story at some point, because Clark winning the lotto is still a different plot than Lois doing so, or at least it should be since they are different people with different motivations and desires, right?
