I think the sentiment expressed is true but I ' ve never given it any consideration when I write . The whole topic is subjective and there will always be haters . I ' m not sure how reconciling this fact would change anything about my writing . Someone will have to tell me . Say I accept there are no new ideas under the sun . What then ? Am I suppose to stop writing ? Am I suppose to go down the rabbit hole in some sort of existentialist trance searching for original ideas ? And that ' s just the thing It seems like enough of a struggle to just create something that will emotionally move people something of quality and lasting power . That ' s a challenge I ' ve really embraced the last decade . So when people shift to this idea of there being no originality all I can kind of do is shrug and wish them good luck with that .