There is something inherently annoying about publishers pushing some 17-year-old into the limelight every few years, claiming that the child's written the BEST BOOK EVER, OMG! They're like stage moms, in a way. And now it turns out that the child's copied someone else's book - and the media try to justify it. That's just sad.
Speaking as a person who writes for a living: I'm not categorically against copy-and-paste. But it's a bit like using a cheat slip at school: you've got to be intelligent enough not to get caught!
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Date: 2010-02-11 11:50 am (UTC)There is something inherently annoying about publishers pushing some 17-year-old into the limelight every few years, claiming that the child's written the BEST BOOK EVER, OMG! They're like stage moms, in a way. And now it turns out that the child's copied someone else's book - and the media try to justify it. That's just sad.
Speaking as a person who writes for a living: I'm not categorically against copy-and-paste. But it's a bit like using a cheat slip at school: you've got to be intelligent enough not to get caught!