Aug 24, 2021
Love the anxiety of writing something that’s already been written before but knowing that people love reading the same thing multiple times but feeling like you’re unintentionally copying but knowing that people write similar prompts all the time but feeling like you’re fraudulent regardless but knowing that it’s a fandom commonality but-
#Jodi rambles#Jotato strikes again#...L M A O#Like I'm writing a story that is indeed conceptually similar to another#But mine of course is different/has differing elements#And I'm literally like 95% done#But now I've backed myself into a second guessing corner of being like#'What if people will only say OHHH THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE *INSERT STORY HERE*'#'what if i just unintentionally plagiarized'#DESPITE KNOWING full and damn well that there are only so many ideas/prompts#And people can and WILL write the same idea as each other#Like bye how many 'peeta comes back to 13 without being hijacked' stories are there#And how many 'first time' stories are there#LIKE THE LOGICAL SIDE OF MY BRAIN IS AWARE SUCH ANXIETY IS SILLY#BUT THE ANXIOUS SIDE OF MY BRAIN IS STILL LIKE ooOOOOOOooOOOWOWOWFJSLKSJDLF