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Harris sees academic writing as the chance to interact with other intellectual writers and to rewrite their work. He comments on how people get caught up in the legality of using other sources, which I think is true. Students often dwell on that part of using other literary works, and it is highly important, but it is not the only thing that needs to be focused on when using other sources. An interesting point was that intellectuals’ ideas and creativity are rooted in the people and things around them. That stood out because there is so much attainable information in the world right now, it is difficult to come up with original ideas sometimes. Harris looks at writing as a social activity, and how writing is about interacting with texts. He sees writing as a “move” and how writers move in response to others. Both Harris and Sullivan have a lot to say about the relationship between different writers and ideas. They both emphasize how writing is about using the information of others, but using it in a way that makes it your own writing. Blogging incorporates Harris’ idea of writing as a “move,” because bloggers are constantly moving in response to things that happen to them or things that they hear about or see happen. Harris and Sullivan both think highly of the importance of utilizing the information around and incorporating it into your writing in a way to get the most out of it, analyzing it and critiquing it, but not getting too one sided about it. Harris and Sullivan have many similar ideas on writing overall.