(((Digimon Is Forever)))

— Rabbi Tarfon

I’m sick of people telling writers not to use an idea because it’s “overused” or “not original.”

A huge part of writing is making the idea your own.

Do you want to write about vampires?! THEN FOR GOD’S SAKE, WRITE ABOUT VAMPIRES!

Oh, dystopian futures are overused? PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT!

Guys, don’t let people stomp on your ideas. A story is a bunch of puzzle pieces that everyone has access to - but it’s your choice how you put them together. How you put it together and how you present it makes that idea uniquely yours, even if it’s a familiar concept.

Your idea isn’t lame.

Own it.

Make it yours.

No matter how many people have ever written their take on an idea… no one will ever write yours the way you do.

And when you’ve spent enough hard work on your idea, it’s entirely possible that your idea will be better than all the ones that came before.

We’ll never know until you write it.

If you’re scared that you’ll spend a lot of effort on an idea and it won’t be any better…?

Welcome! You’re now suffering the same uncertainty that every writer ever born deals with, every day.

There’s no guarantee that you’ll win. But unless you start making the attempt, it’s guaranteed that you never will.

Putt your butt in the chair, start working, and begin the daily challenge of taking the same gamble that all of the rest of us take, every day.

It’s all any of us can do. :)

because I've seen a couple posts like this recently:

Do not be discouraged if you see someone with the same idea for a fic as you! Because that's what we want--the same exact stories, over and over, through the unique lens of each writer! That's the beauty of fanfiction: you can read the same story, slightly to the left, as many times as possible!

So please, post that fic that has the same premise as someone else. Write your version of it, and rest assured knowing that at the very least, one person will be delighted to find the same kind of story as one they just finished!