Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other writers. As long as the well doesn't run dry, I imagine this will be the case.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry.
Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.
You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from other people all around him.
When you're a writer, you never know which of your pieces are going to gain a toehold and which will not, and it's best not to care too much.
I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.
One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.
I always worried that the creative well would dry up. I was sure that if I wrote a book a year, I would eventually run out of ideas. Actually, the opposite has been true for me. The more I write, the more ideas come to me and it gets easier.
For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda.