Do not be surprised when you find that your novel idea had been scooped long ago. The world is a big place; there are many thinkers who follow similar paths.
So stories converge, that is without doubt. Books, plays, movies as original as they may claim to be are almost always derived from innumerable other sources. Everybody needs inspiration. And as such if there were nothing to "steal" from, we would have nothing to write.
Plagiarism, of course, is frowned upon. But as someone put it, plagiarism is copying from one source; research is copying from many.
I should start doing some research.
So stories converge, that is without doubt. Books, plays, movies as original as they may claim to be are almost always derived from innumerable other sources. Everybody needs inspiration. And as such if there were nothing to "steal" from, we would have nothing to write.
Plagiarism, of course, is frowned upon. But as someone put it, plagiarism is copying from one source; research is copying from many.
I should start doing some research.
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