The Difference Between Homaging and Plagiarism

Great writers do not borrow, but great writers do steal. When I borrow something, if I borrow my neighbor's lawnmower, I am taking something that does not belong to me. If you're borrowing somebody else's scene and using it in exactly the same way, right? You're literally just regurgitating something that's already been done. And that's why it feels like plagiarism. But homage feels different, right? A homage feels like they're honoring something. So when you are inspired by another scene, don't just borrow it. Don't write a cover song that sounds exactly like the way the previous artists sang it. In other words, find a more specific way