If You Want to Be a Great Writer, Steal Like Great Writers

Good writers copy, great writers steal

Mohammed Nadir
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readJun 13, 2021

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A writer sitting in a dark room, writing.
Photo by Steven Houston on Unsplash

I’m a professional creativity thief, and I’m no longer shy about it.

For my first novel, I stole tons of ideas from George R.R. Martin’s popular ASoIaF series. The characters, the world, and the plot of my story all had been influenced by Martin’s work.

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