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Q&A As a writer, should I be upset because I couldn't think of an idea?

Inspiration is inspiration and it comes in many forms. Let's say I go on holiday to a nice sunny place and see, first hand, the 'story' of poor local people trying to survive by competing for th...

posted 8y ago by Paul7926‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:45:33Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Paul7926‭ · 2019-12-08T05:45:33Z (about 5 years ago)
Inspiration is inspiration and it comes in many forms.

Let's say I go on holiday to a nice sunny place and see, first hand, the 'story' of poor local people trying to survive by competing for the tourist dollars that come each year. I may use that as inspiration for a story.

Instead of going away I could holiday at home and a read a book ( or watch a documentary) about poor local people trying to survive by competing for the tourist dollars that come each year. I may use that as inspiration for a story.

As long as I'm telling my story and it's interesting enough for people to want to read it does it matter which of the two scenarios above were the inspiration?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-11-22T10:59:34Z (about 8 years ago)
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