With the increase of this practice in this website, I want to give out some tips I take on practice when I suspect of a fanfic. Of course that this is not 100% accurate - since there's original fanfiction works that fill out all of those - but my suspicions end up being right more than 90% of times if I follow these.

So, what things should you suspect about ?

1) Absolutely perfect grammar and punctuation.

I'm not saying that everyone here in this website is a dummy when it comes to grammar, because that's not true; but I got to admit that, since most of this website's fanfics tend to have current typos or simple and dumb grammar or vocabulary mistakes (often caused by direct translation to English from the author's native language), it tends to be a little bit weird when you find a fanfic that's, basically flawless. 

2) Tons of western names... when the fanfic is based in South Korea, Japan and such.

This tends to be, to me, one of the major points that make me suspect. I understand that it's normal to have a foreigner in a fanfic, since we're a multicultural world nowadays. But 7, 8, 9, 10 western people ? In South Korea ? That tends to be a little suspicious, unless it was something based in Itaewon. But still... suspicious, and it makes you wonder if there's more than what the eye can see.

3) Sudden change of character's name.

This is the ONE that tends to give out everything. Imagine you just found this fanfic you love; the grammar is perfect, the storyline is amazing, and now, your favourite couple, is having in the most romantic way. And you get in the mood, and feel happy for them, and blush and... the girl screams some random western name when she reaches ?

And you suddenly go like,

"... Hold on. "

Plagiarizers tend to copy the original story word by word, and the only thing they do is changing the names. But what can give their façade away right away is when they... ups ! Forget to change one of the names.

4) New chapters are added by the speed of light.

Even if you're just a reader, I think you might have an idea of how long it can take to an author to type down 2,000 words. To me, it can take a pair of hours. So, doesn't it look reaaaally strange when a fanfic has like, 5 chapters published all of a sudden... everyday ? Unless that author has nothing to do or is a machine, both options are viable.

5) Most times, it tends to be that 'author's only story.

This is not always true, but it tends to be so. Those 'authors' who plagiarize published books tend to have that story as their only published fanfic.

So, after these, let's see what you can do.

What is my method to find out if a fanfic is plagiarized ?

Imagine that someone has plagiarized Sylvia Day's Aftershock and converted it in a TOPBOM fanfic.

Of course that the author in here would 'write' this:

When it came to playing games, my lover, Seung Hyun, was a master strategist. He pulled strings behind the closed doors of Seoul's most powerful political players and somehow still found time to nearly sideline my career. What he didn't know was that when I didn't like the rules, I threw them out and made my own. I wasn't going to let Seung Hyun get away with it. I wasn't going to let him get away at all.

I loved Seung Hyun enough that it was impossible to give up. Seung Hyun loved me enough that giving up was the only end he'd consider. He didn't think I could swim with the sharks. It was entirely my pleasure to show him that I'd already dived in.

But, obviously, the original was this:

When it came to playing games, my lover, Jax, was a master strategist. He pulled strings behind the closed doors of D.C.'s most powerful political players and somehow still found time to nearly sideline my career. What he didn't know was that when I didn't like the rules, I threw them out and made my own. I wasn't going to let Jax get away with it. I wasn't going to let him get away at all.

I loved Jax enough that it was impossible to give up. Jax loved me enough that giving up was the only end he'd consider. He didn't think I could swim with the sharks. It was entirely my pleasure to show him that I'd already dived in.

So, what to do ?

Well, my 'strategy' if you may call it so, is to copy and paste the longest part of text without any names you can find in the description in the Google search bar. If the author has copy and paste lock on the story, just write it down word by word. Example: