User blog comment:Anarchic Operations/Sources of Inspiration/@comment-4715955-20160612074616/@comment-27838637-20160612101109

Pardon me but I think that you have taken this out of context.

I love reading the stories of others, and I never said that I don't like to. If you look very closely, you will see that I am an active contributer to the Writers Workshop. So I don't understand how you believe I am turning my nose up at others.

The point of this blog was that I personally believe that the best sources of information come from ones mind. My apologies for not stating that clear enough, I just assumed that most readers could discern the meaning of this post. I can definitely get inspiration from text, I never said that I couldn't. I never said my story was original, because I know that nothing is original.

I know that reading or watching films is the most used method of inspiration, and I understand and respect that. Everybody uses already established texts as inspiration, even me. I was referring to using already established tests as a main source of inspiration. If I don't have any ideas for my next story, I prefer to use my mind to create that story for me, rather than read others work for inspiration.

Please don't take offense to my own personal opinion, as I never said it was fact.

You say: "''Later, when you can write an engaging story with a plot and characters that make sense, and do it every time, THEN you can get away with not reading much and focusing on the concepts themselves." '' Perhaps I am at that stage now? Perhaps that is what I am trying to state in this post? I don't know, I did say it was just my opinion, and how my train of thought works.

You also said; ''"However, you worry so much about originality that you haven't taken enough time to develop your voice, and I think that might be the reason you haven't posted a story here that sucks me in or makes me care about what's going on". ''I feel thats a bit of a personal attack. Perhaps the reason I haven't posted a story onto here that you like is because I have only posted one story onto this wiki. If you have something to say about it, please head on over to the Writers Showcase or the page itself and post a comment there.

Thanks for reading and posting your opinion. Please keep in mind that my post was only an opinion too.

A_O.