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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...
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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?