NOOOOOOO!!!!!

[roxy]

OMG!! What do you call it when you plagarize yourself?? Is there a term for that--besides senility I mean....

I've been reading a lot of old stuff lately, working on Summer and other things and waaaaaaahhh! Is it just me? Am I the only one who thinks, "ooo, this a lovely bit," and yank it wholesale out of the back of their own minds? God...I guess I should be glad I'm not stealing from anyone else. *sigh*

I should have kept taking the Paxil.

Darn.

Comments

[supercaptain182.livejournal.com]

*pats you gently*
A genius like yourself recognizes good writing. *pats you*
It's okay.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Awww! You flatter me , and make me feel less crazy!

[bittermint.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, there's no law against stealing from yourself! :P

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

thank the lord, or I'd be in it neck deep! *G*

[eletryxx.livejournal.com]

you can always report you to the academic counsel at your local college . . . yeah, that won't work . . .

*goes back to tinker at the drawing board*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, you should steal from the best!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Awwwww! What a lovely compliment! I feel less buggy now!

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

I think it's called being self-referential or some such.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

That's it! and omg, self-referential like a mug!

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

http://consc.net/misc/moser.html
heheh

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

*Head whirling* WOW! LOL!
And in spots, I saw myself! *grin*

[ex-lexsbabym701.livejournal.com]

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Now, if you copy your own stuff and don't realize it until someone else is cruel/kind enough to point it out to you, then....

*shrugs*

*hugs and snuggles*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

So...as long as I know it---I'm okay. But if I don't know it--I'm a loon.
Gotcha! *hugsback*

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

It *is* against some sort of law to plagiarize yourself, but since you're not getting graded or published, I think we're all cool with it. And if it means your characters are staying true to the way you want them, then there isn't anything wrong with that. It means you know what you like, and what works.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Oy. You guys are so kind. It really was a 'holy shit' moment. The line I 'stole'was about two years old--it just seemed like I had a really clever thought. Maybe it means I like my stuff more than I thought I did. *bigolegrin*