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 #WritersCoffeeClub Have you ever seen a TV show or movie so close to one of your ideas you wished you'd written it?

No. I’ve seen similar tropes and character arcs played out, but when ideas are in your head you’re brain is looking out for them in reality (bit like when you buy something new and then notice everyone else has already got one). 

I wrote a story with a found family character arc about a man and younger woman. Then The Last of Us and Witcher games/tv shows made that arc popular. 
 #WritersCoffeeClub cont… 

I don’t know about you, but since writing I struggle to let my brain gloss over poor writing in books/films/tv shows. I spot all the foreshadowing. I know all the tropes. Become increasingly frustrated by the “withhold key information to the viewer for the entire story because finding that out is truly the only thing that’s keeping them watching” tactic. At least with a book you can skim to the final page.