Some writers say that they never read, but few (if any) successful authors will say that. Just for fun, I have created a loose step-by-step guide to stealing like an artist for writers: It is truly using someone else’s vision as inspiration to help bring your own vision to life. It may mean incorporating a setting you love, or some details that stand out in your mind. It may involve new characters and a similar story but wildly different plot points and ending. It is perfectly okay to do as long as it is fundamentally your own, different from the original. Not even if you steal the entire premise of the book. It does not involve using the same exact words, but it does mean adapting some things you really enjoy about the other author’s work to fit your own style and story. It does mean taking elements of other people’s work that you really enjoyed and incorporating it into your own work. Stealing like an artist does not mean plagiarism, copyright infringement, or intellectual theft. This is by no means a comprehensive guide to stealing like an artist, as it is its own art form, and not one many master.
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