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Writing Excuses 7.27: The Problem of Originality

Writing Excuses

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The Dangers of Having No Answers

He did not invent the term uplift. That was invented by missionaries talking about visiting Africa. He wrote a novella called Legion about a guy who uses his various schizophrenic delusions as his own super team to pull off ice. It's one of those really kind of bothering things to you to realize this thing that I thought I came up with is not original. And yet, in the back of your head, yes, none of it is. But please just don't tell me about it.

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