However. Mimicking someone’s style is not.

Copying the little facets of the personality a writer puts into their writing, flaws and all, is hurtful.

Using tags that reference the name of a writers fic isn’t crediting them, it’s hurtful.

Changing the syntax of lines a writer has written slightly, or adding a single adjective so it’s not straight up word for word plagiarism, is hurtful.

Reviewing a blog like it’s your own personal fic shopping cart, that you can pick and choose the bits you like and insert them into your own fics, is hurtful.

I promise you will enjoy writing so much more when you lean into your own original style.