Fear About Story Originality? Check This Out.
As a fiction writer, I get really irked when after putting in much effort in a manuscript, I find out that a movie (I hadn't seen prior to the writing of my story) has almost the same story line as mine. I feel dissed and the once upon a time best story - which I was very proud of - becomes another waste of time. This unfortunate mishap continued for quite sometime and I was fast losing the interest to put down the things - always - playing in my imagination (After all, there are dozens who are seeing the exact same thing I'm seeing - or even better!)