What Do You Love About Your Own Story?

i don't watch a lot of phantasy. I'm mastly watched, like, realistic period stuffe but i would never write any of that. The most important things to nail at the beginning are really the characters, the theme, or the overarching, big idea that you want to share through this story and just a basic understanding of what journey your characteris going to go on. And drawing inspiration from your favorite stories, it's just so good to do, because it's not plagiarism. It is drawing inspiration and creating something unique that the world has not seen before. So even if it's a blendid mix, like that story blender thing you talked about, ya, it