Comments on: Creativity Lesson From A New York Times Columnist

By: Debbie Harbeson

Debbie Harbeson — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:19:30 +0000

Kirsty,

Ms. Dowd did admit the error and the newspaper did print a correction. If you follow the link in the post, you can find links to many articles and information about the issue.

By: Jendi

Jendi — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:49:00 +0000

I like what you said about slow down, relax, and then go back. That really helps me. I read a bunch of info, walk away, then come back and it is much easier to write what I think about the topic.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:21:48 +0000

Does anyone know what happened after the article was published at it came out that that part was copied?

By: Debbie Harbeson

Debbie Harbeson — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:46:40 +0000

I like your little equation.

To answer your question, it's not something I have ever done but if I did I would try to contact them first if I could find an email address. If they don't respond, I'd make a comment on their blog. If they delete that or still don't respond, I'd write a blog post about it and call them out on my blog. Lastly, if I cared enough, I would try to see if I can find their web host and try to work with them.

By: Seth W

Seth W — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:30:27 +0000

CTRL + C, CTRL +V = Too commonly used methods of content creation!

I find it really irritating to find my posts copied in the exact and full format on someone else's blog. Sure they have the links I posted in articles, but it is word for word.

How do you suggest we deal with people that copy our posts? I think creativity is so important in being a good content producer. I find the more creative you are the more likely you are to keep getting links back to your site.