HELP ME PLEASE! writers block, or something opf the sort!?

[RupertGrintGirl]

okay So the thing is I have actually finished my story, its just time to write it up on the computer - which i WAS enjoying.
The thing is I posted a little bit of it up here and people said it remided them of HP (I can now see small similarities)

anyway it has made me want to stop writing!!! help!!

 

[Lapin]

Hi there,

If you are seeing similarities in your story to something you have read before, you will need to find a way to change those similarities or to scrap the entire project (I know, it's hard).

I know from experience. I started writing a fantasy story several years ago. After writing about three chapters I realized I had re-wrote the Hobbit, lol. Or, at least I had re-wrote it in a sense; the two were just too similar!

If there are just a few similarities, look at what they are and see how you can change them. We are easily influenced as writers by those authors we enjoy reading; and this is can be both a blessing and a curse, depending on much we end up borrowing from them.

Good Luck and Happy Writing!

-Lapin

 

[Ratters]

haha i had the same exact problem. hp is just that amazing.
try to change little details around. for example, add a few characters here and there, change some personalities of main characters that may be too much like HP characters, and elaborate on the plot so it becomes more unique.