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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/23367
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So I was thinking, and I've been wondering if some ideas are so overused readers don't get the 'thrill' of reading them anymore.

I'm really into last-man-standing type novels, I love them. I've written one, and I'm planning on writing another, but my question is, is this idea too overused? _The Hunger Games_ uses it, and I'm sure plenty of other novels do too.

I've written one major practice novel at this point, and two littler ones that aren't as long. Considering I love this type of writing so much, I want to be able to write and publish my own last-man-standing novel. Even if I have my own unique ideas and plot to make my book special, it still revolves around the fact that only one of the 24 people entered shall remain.

Can ideas be used so much that even if you have your own little plot and mechanics to it, readers don't get engrossed because they've read it so much? I understand that every writer writes uniquely, but, is it possible for such a scenario to happen?

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