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When your original breakthrough feels like unconscious plagiarism

I wrote a story that felt like a breakthrough but when I read it to someone they said it reminded them of a TV show I have never seen

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear that all ideas are derivative can undermine confidence in moments of genuine creative discovery.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Short fiction and the short form?”

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