I’ll usually write posts that are at least loosely based on real life experiences. I think that this really helps keep things on the level. But like the example above, writing about my personal experiences with refillable ink cartridges only goes so far. It’s not like I have any personal experience with those things. So sometimes I lean on other peoples work for some help.

I’m not advocating plagiarism though. All of your work as a writer must be 100% original. But that does not mean you can’t glean ideas from other people’s work. YouTube is a fantastic resource. Sometimes when I am in a fix I’ll go to YouTube and search for videos about the subject I am writing about. Then I write about the video. And YouTube isn’t the only resource either. As long as you change things up (like taking the opposite viewpoint of someone else’s post) it is fair game.