/lit/ - Literature

>>6053766
>>6053689
Total originality is over-rated and nearly impossible at this point and hardly anyone expects it. I really don't understand why new writers try so hard to be "100% original' when writing is all about stealing concepts from a thousand different things and making something else out of it. You do this whether you want to or not, as you have to read. So this isn't a problem. Don't be afraid of taking ideas from other things. EVERYONE does it. Those weirdos that refuse to read so it doesn't "influence" them don't end up being worth shit.

>>6053665
People have been writing for thousands of years. This has been a thought that has ran through the minds of the successful bunches of times but it never stopped them from writing.

If you want to do it do not stop yourself, someone is always going to be "better" than you in almost anything. That's how life works. You have to actually TRY.

>>6053766
>>6053665
Originality is impossible at this point, and if you somehow manage it over-rated or indecipherable. I really don't understand why new writers try so hard to be "100% original' when writing is all about stealing concepts from a thousand different things and making something else out of it. You do this whether you want to or not, as you have to read. So this isn't a problem. You're just afraid of failure.

You're going to be shit at the start anyway. No one expects anything else.

>>6053665
People have been writing for thousands of years. This has probably a thought that has ran through the minds of the successful bunches of times but it never stopped them from writing.

If you want to do it do not stop yourself, someone is always going to be "better" than you in almost anything. That's how life works.