how to go about writing a fanfic inspired by someone else's?
hey! i'm not very sure how to word my question but a week ago i came across a fanfiction i reaaally loved and has inspired me to write my own of the same ship. the fanfiction is almost complete except they promised an epilogue and that was... 2 years ago T-T
i know that there will be lots of similarities even if i don't mean to add them but i don't want it to seem like i'm copying them. do i just tag them? link their fic? they seem to be inactive so i'm not sure if i can even contact them. any ideas??
(had to repost bc i forgot to add some info lol sorry!!)