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@nemorosa@mastodon.nu
2025-06-10 09:07:35

#WritersCoffeeClub 10: What is the line between homage and theft?
Theft is illegal, a copyright violation. You take someone else's words, paragraph by paragraph, and pass it on as your own. Plagiarism, while not strictly illegal, lands here in my opinion. It's artistic theft.
Homage, in my opinion, is writing something in someone else's spirit, honouring the origin…

@stargazer@woof.tech
2025-06-09 15:53:21

#WritersCoffeeClub
June 9: Have you ever done timed writing sprints? Did you enjoy it?
I did. I did not.
While "The War of Art" by Pressfield recommends treating writing as a craft (arguably that's the whole idea), I cannot produce word count on a short-term schedule. If the setting and characters are not decided, a day or even a week are simply not enough — an…