tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544326.post7903863047800856782..comments2023-08-19T10:15:46.580-05:00Comments on Sin & Sensuality: Plagiarism Continues to Marr the Face of RomanceKayleigh Jamisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465089074041371899noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25544326.post-64275981737739340072008-01-10T17:29:00.000-05:002008-01-10T17:29:00.000-05:00I also found Ms. Edwards' explanation rather lame....I also found Ms. Edwards' explanation rather lame. No, authors aren't expected to credit their sources when writing a historical piece, but you don't copy and paste the Wikipedia entry directly into your story, for crying out loud! <BR/><BR/>And yeah, I know how meticulous you are, and you know I'm the same! I recently spent 15 minutes composing one sentence about a wire bail cork bottle, based on two hours of research on vintage bottles at several websites. I'll copy and paste pertinent text into my notes, then go back, pull out keywords (not entire phrases or sentences). Next comes the challenge of seamlessly weaving those keywords into the story in a way that the character would naturally say or think of such words, so it does not come off as a contrived "fact dump".<BR/><BR/>I can only imagine the effort the non-fiction writer must put into gathering facts and then conveying them in layman's terms. No, the facts themselves can't be copyrighted, but the hard-researched text used to explain those facts is. Shame on Ms. Edwards.Katrina Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435994502376676069noreply@blogger.com