Gav
Scribe
perhaps this is because i myself have not really done very much writing in a long time, and will happily admit i am certainly un-practiced, but one of the difficulties that i am finding trying to start writing again is that alot of my ideas seem to very quickly fall into what i would class as a cliche. as an example, i am starting to work on a story set in what i guess would be classed as a medievil style period (think kings and nobles, swords and sorcery that kind of thing) and i seem to be having a hard time not creating characters or situations that havent been done to death in every other book/film/game already. for example the lowly thief who gains something and becomes the saviour, the good king who dies to start off a land wide conflict.
has it got to the stage where, because of the genre i am writing in has such a large saturation of content in so many different media style that i shouldnt worry too much, and instead concentrate on what makes my characters and story telling my style, OR is it still possible to find near unique situations and i just need to try to do some more research and test writing to find something new. Is it even somewhere between the two?
this isnt asking for feedback on my own writing, more just a question as to what your thoughts on the subject are.
has it got to the stage where, because of the genre i am writing in has such a large saturation of content in so many different media style that i shouldnt worry too much, and instead concentrate on what makes my characters and story telling my style, OR is it still possible to find near unique situations and i just need to try to do some more research and test writing to find something new. Is it even somewhere between the two?
this isnt asking for feedback on my own writing, more just a question as to what your thoughts on the subject are.