There are still thousands of thoughts inside my head, I still can't find the origin or the end where it will lead me to. I always believed that there are nothing new or fresh ideas, every idea and concepts will be something adapted from the past. I have heard artists saying a lot about this. They all are adapted from the past guys, then they improvise into their own new thing.
Nowadays everyone wants to be unique and one of a kind, so all of the are trying the new rules for working out things. It's a good thing, but there are also some misconceptions about choosing a. unique path. There are some rules needed to be followed before breaking the rules. I have heard recently a screenplay writer talking about his journey in the profession, he's a successful guy at his profession.
He started imitating his predecessors first, then he tried to change into his voice. Wholely he is a mix of the legends he admires. And he is now considered as a unique writer. So they all began at imitating and then changing. By imitating it doesn't mean copying. It's more like learning the basic rules and then building something great out of it.
Imitating all the time is also a fault, it's more like not ready to leave the safe zone. It's also something that's needed to be changed. Just copying and not trying to do something new is also bad as ever.
