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I don't know if borrowing ideas would be the right phrasing or not. I have an idea brewing in my mind that I want to start working on tonight. It's about a young woman who wakes up to find that she has died and gone to Hell. The whole thing is about her attempting to escape. I want to place an emphasis on comedy and action with this project (I know. Going to hell is super fun! Right? Right? Okay... Work with me on this.) but I also want to make sure I do the story justice with descriptions.
I had an idea pop into my brain, and I might want to run with it if it's acceptable. Would I be able to base my version of hell off the levels of Dante's Inferno? I'm not re-writing that book or attempting to plagiarize the text. I would make the levels my own and simply use the basic concept for each level as the skeleton of my story's version of hell. I'm pretty sure that work is in the public domain now anyway. I'm certainly not using any of the text, any quotes from the text, etc. I would likely only use the names of each level.
The reason I thought this could work is that I know plenty of people who take that description of hell quite literally. I felt it would add a sense of realism for that reason. At any rate, this is going to be a dark comedy. The main character has a talking demon sword that's afraid of being swung at its foes, for crying out loud.
Advice would be much appreciated! If this is a "no no," I'll certainly figure something else out.
I had an idea pop into my brain, and I might want to run with it if it's acceptable. Would I be able to base my version of hell off the levels of Dante's Inferno? I'm not re-writing that book or attempting to plagiarize the text. I would make the levels my own and simply use the basic concept for each level as the skeleton of my story's version of hell. I'm pretty sure that work is in the public domain now anyway. I'm certainly not using any of the text, any quotes from the text, etc. I would likely only use the names of each level.
The reason I thought this could work is that I know plenty of people who take that description of hell quite literally. I felt it would add a sense of realism for that reason. At any rate, this is going to be a dark comedy. The main character has a talking demon sword that's afraid of being swung at its foes, for crying out loud.

Advice would be much appreciated! If this is a "no no," I'll certainly figure something else out.