Why It’s Okay to Have Completely Unoriginal Ideas

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Building a career in TV takes many things. Talent. Grit. Luck. Oh, and completely fresh, totally original ideas.

It wasn’t too long ago that a TV writer’s job was mostly mimicry. Writers wrote spec scripts for existing shows to demonstrate their chops for a particular show’s tone and voice. This made sense because when you’re on staff that’s essentially your job: echoing and…