User blog comment:Banned In CP/I Keep Accidentally Ripping Authors Off and I'm at a Loss/@comment-25941663-20181106145108

As the infamous saying goes, nothing is new under the sun.

I wouldn't worry about being completely original; that is impossible. There is bound to have been another guy who has written the same story as you before you, so just don't worry about that. You are not ripping someone off by writing a similar story, you just happened to have a similar idea.

If you remain true to yourself and write something on your own, you are going to be fine. You can't ask anything more of yourself. If we went about only writing down ideas that nobody has ever had, we wouldn't be writing at all. We can only hope that what we write is enjoyable and unique enough.