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{{quote|"Don't copy, improve".|[[Tropers/Fallen Legend|Fallen Legend]]}}
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{{quote|"...No man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."|[[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]}}
 
One of the biggest obstacles for creators of fictional works is originality. [[Follow the Leader|Many works, despite being made by different people, are very similar or even almost identical]] and [[ItsIt's the Same, SoNow It Sucks|some people don't like it]], because they only try to replicate past success with minimal differences, and because they are often unable to create new ideas by themselves.
 
One of the most important things to learn for being original is to learn about four paradoxes.
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And the best advice of all; always remembers to write what you love and never be afraid to create something that has never been done before. Never forget to have fun and you will create original works in no time!
 
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