/lit/ - Literature

>started coming up with a neat setting and characters over the course of maybe 3-4 years
>never wright any of it down beyond some sketches of the main cast while working to improve my drawing ability
>get really invested and passionate about it
>tell a few people about it and they all had generally positive reactions to it and each encourage me to keep at it and actually do something with it
>at some point I realize the main story itself is just one of those The Last of Us/Logan roadtrip redemption stories that everyone and their brother has been doing lately
>start going over it again in my head and start becoming over-critical of it
>lose motivation and it all just slowly fades away bit by bit
>still want to retool the story and use the setting at some point, but am too demoralized to bother at the moment
One day I'll learn to stop being such a self-loathing faggot and man up enough to do something with it, but today ain't that day.