Comments on: 7 Ways You Can Borrow Ideas from Others

By: Elisha

Elisha — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:04:16 +0000

Someone once said, ” There is nothing new under the sun”.

Everyone of us, and not only bloggers, get inspired of something everyday. And, that is what results in our actions. Only originality we have is the consistency of our taste./ choice.

By: Ashley "Ashe" Robison

Ashley "Ashe" Robison — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:44:02 +0000

In reply to Hayami. Great idea, Hayami! I feel like hundreds of years ago, I used to see people doing this on their blogs...not so much anymore, sadly!

By: Ashley "Ashe" Robison

Ashley "Ashe" Robison — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:43:33 +0000

In reply to Krystal Orr. "Trying to reinvent the wheel is hard, thankless, and often unfruitful work. But building on an idea or viewpoint can give you so much content." Exactly! No one sets out to reinvent the wheel... they usually set out to improve it or better the design!

By: Hayami

Hayami — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:44:34 +0000

As an avid reader, I’m going to take your suggestion and try doing some outfits inspired by my favorite literary characters. Thanks a bunch!

By: Krystal Orr

Krystal Orr — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:24:04 +0000

I have been spending a lot of time this week showing love to other bloggers, featuring articles by other fash. bloggers, and I plan to do a little re-blogging next week on WordPress. It has been great for my blog because I already have bloggers reaching out to me to collaborate and do other networking things. I find that in most cases, if you’ve been polite and followed a little blogging etiquette, most bloggers are flattered when you share info they’ve shared.
I love the idea this article presents. Its so funny how inspiration is all around us! Trying to reinvent the wheel is hard, thankless, and often unfruitful work. But building on an idea or viewpoint can give you so much content.

By: Ashley "Ashe" Robison

Ashley "Ashe" Robison — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:37:07 +0000

In reply to Julia duMais. That piece is STUNNING, Julia! I'm so glad you shared it (and in case others miss the embedded link you posted: http://hollylisle.com/how-to-legally-and-ethically-steal-ideas/) "And, then, even your favorite things aren’t completely perfect. Maybe, now that you think about it, you really would’ve done something a little different with Post A. Maybe you would’ve expanded this part of it, and had less of that. You would’ve linked to this story, too, which relates to one part of it. Before you know it, you really do have something original." Thank you for also taking it one step further-- how it can inspire us to create more work. That's great for building up our own links, driving more traffic to our posts, and overall helping our sites grow.

By: Ashley "Ashe" Robison

Ashley "Ashe" Robison — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:34:34 +0000

In reply to Alexandria Adair Vasquez. "It’s very much the same way you start a research paper, is by making sure it’s relevant and refreshing and new in the field that you want to publish in." Yes! That's a great, great comparison!

By: lyn

lyn — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:38:48 +0000

nice tips, as usual 🙂 xx
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By: Julia duMais

Julia duMais — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:55:51 +0000

One of the most useful pieces of advice I've ever heard on this subject -- and I've just tracked the source down again, hooray! -- is "steal the gem, not the crown". That is to say, of course you shouldn't copy another writer word for word. But what you should do is figure out who the writers you most admire are, identify the posts you wish you'd written...and then go even deeper than that. Post A by Blogger Z is one of your favorite blog posts ever? Great! Why? What is it that you find so great about it? What is it that you wish you could do as well as Blogger Z did in that post? Find the one kernel that you really love more than anything else about this post, and work with that. And, then, even your favorite things aren't completely perfect. Maybe, now that you think about it, you really would've done something a little different with Post A. Maybe you would've expanded this part of it, and had less of that. You would've linked to this story, too, which relates to one part of it. Before you know it, you really do have something original.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:04:58 +0000

Great advice. It is true nothing is completely original, but there is always a way to add your own spin to something. Thanks for the great post!

Brandy
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