What do you do when you discover a concept that is similar to your work in progress?
Have you ever come up with a great premise for a story and then discovered that it already exists?
It may be discouraging at first, but we actually think this can be a good thing.
Today, we discuss why we think you should embrace the similarities between your work and others.
Call to Action Responses
Dani Martinek responded to Bob Sáenz’s Call to Action from Episode 3—Go outside and write a log line about the first thing you see. You can learn more about Dani here.
Hey Jon Meyers
You can read Emily’s poem about today’s secret topic here. To learn more about today’s topic, go here.
Call to Action
What works are similar to yours that you can use as comp titles when pitching to agents or producers?
One response to “Episode 7: The myth of original premises: Embrace similarities”
One of the things I love most about the poetry community is that we actively reference each other. Writing a poem feels like entering a conversation that is hundreds of years old. You can respond to something Milton once said, write a response to Emily Dickinson like “hey I’m nobody too!”. But obviously that also happens in more modern poetry. We write for each other or for people we love, we write to respond to current events or art. We can actively seek out those whose writing is like our own without being threatened. When I start work on a new collection, I actively start consuming all the other books that are similar because it’s comforting to feel like part of a community obsessed over the same themes.