So, i had this idea for a trilogy that was a total reinvention of another story. I've been doing research for months and suddenly i see a movie trailer about the same story. It's not the same story line i was going to go with but still.. now I feel incredibly discouraged. I still think my trilogy could make an amazing story but now I don't feel like it's my idea anymore. Most of my other projects i only started because i wished there was something like it out there already and there just wasn't, but this i wanted to be totally mine. How depressingly ironic.
I had the same thing happen to me. I was writing this sci fi short story that I naivley thought was original. Worked on it for months.
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It is very discouraging.
I'm still trying to pluck up the courage to finish the second draft.
I'm also lagging on my re-recreation. There's got to be a way to get re-inspired to finish our projects..
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