The other night I was writing a story in bed.
In my mind. It's what I often do.
I lie in bed and I just create the story itself. The next day, if I like the story, I may begin to actually work on it.
Sometimes, I will forget the story very quickly if I don't get it out of my head.
Other times, it will stay with me for a long time.
When it stays with me, I often do end up writing it.
This story was about a young boy who gets transported from his swimming pool into another world.
It's a horror story. A very short story. I usually prefer the very short stories even though I have been writing longer ones lately.
It made me think about something I'd seen on TV before though.
This is not a completely original idea.
However, I like horror stories.
I like stories about spaceships.
I've seen many episodes of TV shows which were almost exactly the same as other episodes. I liked them though.
Time traveling episodes. It doesn't matter that the same thing happens twice. It has different characters and different scenarios.
So, I wonder how original stories actually need to be?
I think they really just need to be entertaining.
They shouldn't be duplicates. That's for sure.
However, if they're entertaining, it probably it doesn't matter.
