Right now I'm working on my first book and there is one major problem I encounter on a daily base.
As I have a large history of reading with around 30 or more books in one year, which would add up to around of 300 total right now, I have a problem of making up something completely new for my story.
For example, one of my favorite writers is Tad Williams, and when I get to writing a new chapter I often think of some plots, or details that he used in his books, like the Dragonbone chair.
And usually, when I remember a detail like that it is very hard for me to replace it with my own, new and not copied, so sometimes it takes me even few days to get to idea that isn't "stolen".
As my goal is, and I belive a goal of every other writer, to stay original and not to copy anybody's work this is a major obstacle and I can't seem to find a way to get rid of it.
So if anybody has any tip or a way to help me it would be very much appriciated.
P.S. my book is not in English, and it is not my first nor second language so I apologize for grammatical errors.
As I have a large history of reading with around 30 or more books in one year, which would add up to around of 300 total right now, I have a problem of making up something completely new for my story.
For example, one of my favorite writers is Tad Williams, and when I get to writing a new chapter I often think of some plots, or details that he used in his books, like the Dragonbone chair.
And usually, when I remember a detail like that it is very hard for me to replace it with my own, new and not copied, so sometimes it takes me even few days to get to idea that isn't "stolen".
As my goal is, and I belive a goal of every other writer, to stay original and not to copy anybody's work this is a major obstacle and I can't seem to find a way to get rid of it.
So if anybody has any tip or a way to help me it would be very much appriciated.
P.S. my book is not in English, and it is not my first nor second language so I apologize for grammatical errors.