we all strive for originality. no one wants to do the "same thing that everyone else is doing." no one wants cliché. and no one wants normal. I feel like writers and bloggers, especially, feel this struggle. we stick ourselves to this idea that whatever we put out there has to be new
well. I have two things to say about that
1. nothing is actually new, and yet
2. everything is original
basically, the idea of anything is always a copy of someone elses from WHO KNOWS WHEN. BUT. every time you write or do something that is original. when you take any idea, however cliché it may be, when you write it it's new, and its yours.
so whenever people say "MAN THAT IS SO CLICHE" well, no. the idea could be called cliché, yes. but when a writer works with the "normal" idea, they create something new and original.
should you copy someone elses idea and make it your own? well, it depends on your definition of the word "copy", I think. if you are copying every little thing then no, I don't think it's kind to do to the writer and something you probably wouldn't like either. but, did you know several famous authors wrote novels that were based off an idea they got from another story? theres the key. someone elses story inspired something new, and I think that is okay. it wasn't a copy of the story they wrote, but a story from the inspiration they gathered.
i know some of us writers stress out about creating new novel ideas. and bloggers stress out about creating new blog post ideas. it's the same thing. we let this invisible wall block our creativity because that idea has been taken. we let it stop us from taking something old, and twisting it into something new. every idea has been written SOMEWHERE, but yours hasn't. and if you haven't, well, the idea must still be original for you.
so stop telling yourself what you are doing is unoriginal -- if God took the time to make every single snowflake (that has ever fallen and ever will fall) new and unique then obviously He took the time to do the same with us <33
