Being inspired by what has gone on before is fine - it's standing on the shoulders of giants. In the end, most plots can be reduced to a very VERY simple sentence or phrase which can cover a multitude of ideas. But taking actual words that somebody else wrote and pretending that you own them is just laziness. Not only that, but deceitful laziness. It's the "I don't want to write but I want to have written" attitude. Sorry, young miss. You don't get the laurels without putting in the sweat equity. Work out your own ideas in your own words. If you can't write without stealing, you can't write. That's the basic bedrock of it. CAN you write without stealing? Go prove it. Write something that nobody can claim but YOU.

There"s generous and there's "hey, you're STEALING from me and directly affecting my way of making a living". Quote me all you like - I REALLY don't mind one bit, I'm VERY generous like that - but if you are using MY words, then quote ME. My generosity stops right where you start claiming that YOU wrote something that I actually penned. I claim those actual words - they are mine - and no, you can't just HAVE them because you think they're free for the taking. Quote with attribution, have my blessing. Take my words and slap your own name on them - and then sell them, so that YOU get the money for it - sorry, no. If you can't put over an original idea that is your own in words that are your own then possibly, just possibly, writing may not be your game. Go do something else. Stealing is not good karma.