Writing tip:

doctorbluesmanreturns:

Learn the difference between plagiarism and inspiration. There’s a fine line between stealing a character wholesale and using that character archetype as a jumping off point for your own character. Example: Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are both Highly Skilled Detectives With Questionable People Skills, but you’d never confuse one with the other. Operas, ballets, folktales, and myths are all good sources of archetypes because in these the characters are usually represented very broadly so you can stick a LOT more onto them.