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In one of my stories, I have a character who is a bit of a smart ass, always cracking jokes at the expense of others and sometimes even himself. I often get inspired by things I find on the interne...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:43:09Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38592 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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noClue
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2019-12-08T09:43:09Z (over 4 years ago)
In one of my stories, I have a character who is a bit of a smart ass, always cracking jokes at the expense of others and sometimes even himself. I often get inspired by things I find on the internet and incorporate them into the story, either by modifying them, building on them or changing their core to fit the context within my story better. Is this a bad idea to do? It's not like I'm stealing entire stand-up comedy routines or jokes attributed to a famous person, I'm just "stealing" a little joke here and there from "randos". It's not like I can give proper credit to strangers anyway, so what should I do? Or does it not matter if you're inspired by jokes or situations you hear about?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-08-30T01:46:29Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 2