The Ethics of Writing Ideological Novels
Jan 10, 2023
The Ethics of Writing About Copyrighting
Jan 3, 2023
Politics
LatestThe Ethics of Writing About SCOTUS Legitimacy
Oct 3, 2022 | Politics, Professional Writing, Writing
Legitimacy is one of the few...
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The Ethics of Writing About NATO
Aug 2, 2022 | Politics, Professional Writing, Writing
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The Ethics of Writing The Inaugural Address
Feb 9, 2021 | Politics
Nonfiction
LatestThe Ethics of Writing True Crime
Dec 2, 2020 | Nonfiction
The title itself—The Ethics of Writing True Crime—defines the first ethical norm. The crime you’re...
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The Ethics of Writing About Death in the COVID-19 Era
May 29, 2020 | Nonfiction
Journalism
LatestThe Ethics of Writing Political Op-Eds
Nov 25, 2020 | Journalism, Politics
The first op-eds in the US popped up in 1970.[1] They are neither opinion nor editorial. They are...
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The Ethics of Writing Politically Correct
Jul 10, 2020 | Journalism, Writing
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The Ethics of Writing Accusations and Allegations
Jun 1, 2020 | Journalism
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What Are the Ethics of Writing Obituaries?
Feb 7, 2019 | Journalism
Novels
LatestThe Ethics of Writing Novels about True Events
Jul 7, 2020 | Novels
The ethics of writing novels about true events is a subject I’ve touched on in previous blogs.[1]...
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The Ethics of Writing Science Fiction
Mar 6, 2019 | Novels
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Is It Ethical to Write School Killing Stories?
Nov 13, 2018 | Novels
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Is it Ethical to Steal Another Writer’s Words?
Oct 9, 2018 | Novels
Historical Fiction
LatestIs Historical Fiction Ethical? Part Two.
Nov 6, 2018 | Historical Fiction
“Your consciousness is your contribution to reality. What you perceive as real becomes real.” Rumi In Part One of this topic, I blogged about historical fiction—that is—fact or fiction. Do historical fiction writers tell the...
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Is Historical Fiction Ethical? Part One
Aug 31, 2018 | Historical Fiction
Memoir
LatestIs Memoir Writing Truthful or Just Therapy?
Nov 8, 2018 | Memoir
“When I was younger I could remember everything, whether it had happened or not.” Mark Twain Given the ethical dilemma inherent in writing memoir, we should consult Mr. Merriam and Madame Webster to define the term rather than...
Humor & Poetry
LatestIs writing a screed ethical, or just stress-relief?
Feb 21, 2019 | Humor & Poetry
The word screed has multiple definitions, (a) a lengthy discourse, (b) an informal piece of...
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Are There Ethical Norms in Writing Lamentations?
Feb 19, 2019 | Humor & Poetry
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Do Joke-Writers have Ethical Rules?
Nov 28, 2018 | Humor & Poetry
Writing
LatestThe Ethics of Writing About Insurrection, Denial, Deception and Militias
Jan 24, 2023 | Professional Writing, Writing
The U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, prompted by President Donald Trump after his loss in the...
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The Ethics of Writing Ideological Novels
Jan 10, 2023 | Professional Writing, Writing
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Social Media
LatestThe Ethics of Using Someone Else’s Content on Your Social Media Post
Jul 19, 2022 | Professional Writing, Social Media, Writing
It must be OK. Everyone does it, right? There are no writing rules, much less ethical norms for...
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Is Retweeting Ethical?
Sep 3, 2020 | Social Media
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Is Tweeting Ethical?
Nov 23, 2018 | Social Media
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The Ethics of Writing About Insurrection, Denial, Deception and Militias
Jan 24, 2023
The U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, prompted by President Donald Trump after his loss in the...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Social Media Rants About Your Boss
Jan 17, 2023
Back when Luddites were in charge, employees were stuck with whispering bad stuff about the boss...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Ideological Novels
Jan 10, 2023
Doing things ideologically dredges up phantoms, snakes, saints, and sins. It spins political,...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Criminal Insurrection
Jan 6, 2023
This is my second blog about the rare crime known as Insurrection. On January 11, 2021, I blogged...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Copyrighting
Jan 3, 2023
Who knew that there is an ethic of copyrighting? It is about the same age as the first printing...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Changing Your Political Mind
Dec 27, 2022
Changing your mind about dinner, what to watch, whether to go, and what brand of coffee to drink...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About “The Roe Effect”
Dec 20, 2022
“The Roe Effect” is a hypothesis. It’s an attempt to assess the 2022 SCOTUS reversal of Roe v....
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Environmental Justice
Dec 13, 2022
The Environmental Justice Movement traces its birth to a small predominantly Black farming...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Lobbyists
Dec 6, 2022
In politics, lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of lawfully attempting to...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Euphemisms
Nov 29, 2022
A euphemism is handy when you need to replace another word or description for something you...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Memory
Nov 15, 2022
Memory—the psychological process of acquiring, storing, retaining, and later retrieving...
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