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y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ison9qm | ispst92 | 1,666,020,767 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | Aside from the obvious in all kinds of media, I get alot out of doing cardio, hiking and going out (like concerts and cultural events). | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 16,760 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispst92 | isopomb | 1,666,037,527 | 1,666,021,786 | 2 | 1 | Be gay, do drugs. | A lot of thinking about things. What is missing from popular culture? What is popular culture? How have critics considered it? Is there something that has been missing? What’s overplayed? What’s interesting? All kinds of stuff. | 1 | 15,741 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | isovzj8 | ispst92 | 1,666,024,487 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | Boredom. Going for a walk with no music. Laying down. A calm and quiet mind fuels ideas personally | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 13,040 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispst92 | isowcub | 1,666,037,527 | 1,666,024,643 | 2 | 1 | Be gay, do drugs. | Writing whatever comes to mind directly after waking up really helped me. Can be dreams, can be something else | 1 | 12,884 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | isowifk | ispst92 | 1,666,024,710 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | I saw an image of a bismuth crystal a month ago and immediately a story about how it draws out the evil in people came to mind. There was an image of a before and after homeless man getting groomed and his story raced through my head. I watched Mecum auto auction last week and found three of those beautiful cars were built with parts from vehicular homicides never solved. .. I've got one of those minds that runs rampant. | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 12,817 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | isox5u2 | ispst92 | 1,666,024,983 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | I assume you’re not talking about natural inspiration, or where something you see or hear gives you a premise, generally about one sentence long. Those are unreliable, although they tend to stick around in your head longer. If you need to brainstorm a story, then I have a method. I take a few dozen books, TV shows, movies, games, or anime, and I take one thing from each that I enjoy about it and write it down. Maybe it’s the deconstruction of mythology in Dune, or the representation of the subconscious in Persona, or just a really nice shot in a movie. Once I have that in a neat list, I connect different ideas together and write a few lines on how they could work in a story together. Many ideas just don’t come together, but some do, and I work until I’m left with maybe a dozen ideas that can form the basis of their own story. It can be themes, character archetypes, plot conventions, anything. Storytelling is just about taking what is old and making it fresh. By fashioning so many disparate ideas into a new story, you’ve changed many of them so fundamentally that it feels as natural as if you’d simply come up with the idea in a eureka moment. | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 12,544 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | isozko7 | ispst92 | 1,666,025,983 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | Here’s a thought; look around. I remember reading once that stories are all around us, you just need to pay attention. From a man that struggles to pay the rent to the possibility of space travel. I think ideas come from wondering and asking yourself how stuff would work or develop. | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 11,544 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispst92 | isp4zv6 | 1,666,037,527 | 1,666,028,198 | 2 | 1 | Be gay, do drugs. | I often get my ideas by listening to music. But more often than that, ideas just come up in my mind. For this reason, I — and many, many other writers — really have no idea where our ideas come from. And perhaps, that’s exactly the way it should be. So don’t try and dissect/analyze the magic of the arts — you’ll only kibosh them that way. Accept the gift, let the creatives truly create great works… and enjoy them. | 1 | 9,329 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispst92 | isp5a5i | 1,666,037,527 | 1,666,028,313 | 2 | 1 | Be gay, do drugs. | Right now I'm reading a book called The Comic Toolbox by John Vorhaus, it's quite amazing. Worth a read. | 1 | 9,214 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | isp81ku | ispst92 | 1,666,029,404 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | Figure out what genre/style of book you want to make. Think about which one you would most enjoy to write. From there find media/entertainment that resonates with that idea. All books have some form of inspiration from the things before it. Look around to find what would make a good story for you. Even just try short stories without a plan to see where you end up. Even if it doesn't work out the idea generated for that idea could be applied to another. Doesn't have to be indepth, try simple yet personally appealing concepts. Do some trial and error to determine the stories ideas workability. Be patient and be kind to yourself as these ideas take their time. | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 8,123 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispahf6 | ispst92 | 1,666,030,372 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | There’s lots of people on Reddit looking to sell their book ideas! | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 7,155 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispfms4 | ispst92 | 1,666,032,386 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | There are websites with writing prompts. Some will provide a plot synopsis, while others will give you an opening line like "That was the day I met my killer." | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 5,141 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispgom4 | ispst92 | 1,666,032,785 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | For me, it's mostly scientific concepts and ideas learned from (public) lectures and popular science books. If I notice I am thinking about a scientific idea, I usually start to listen to inspiring music and let things play out in my head. I have ~ 2-3 ideas per year which I deem worthy working on, so certainly enough for the amount I write | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 4,742 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispst92 | ispk5g2 | 1,666,037,527 | 1,666,034,142 | 2 | 1 | Be gay, do drugs. | Work retail. The stupidity and absurdity of the average customer will give you a life time of ideas. Also a life shortening amount of stress | 1 | 3,385 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispl3z0 | ispst92 | 1,666,034,523 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | Sometimes little things about the people around me. Some are from dreams, some from nightmares. Some are 'what ifs' when I read other things. Current WIP is from a goofy what if me and my kids came up with in the car about where mythic creatures hide. One is a story I used to tell myself about a past life. Finally going to try to put that one on paper after 25 years of telling it in my head. What if dragons hid in the clouds, or what if fae creatures reincarnated with no memory of being fae? What if Snow White married one of the miners and not a prince? What if Cinderella HATED the conceited prince who needed a ball to get a bride? How about that bartender whose 6 ft, built, named Sven and has the voice of boy whose balls haven't dropped.... | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 3,004 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispst92 | isplscw | 1,666,037,527 | 1,666,034,791 | 2 | 1 | Be gay, do drugs. | Random things inspire me. I have three stories I’m currently working on, one inspired by a dream, one inspired by a song and the last inspired by a phrase someone told me. Inspiration can come from anywhere, my advice would be to go to an art museum and listen to some good music | 1 | 2,736 | 2 | ||
y62wtd | writing_train | 0.95 | How do you get ideas? So for the past few years I've been trying to start writing again but I've been in a heavy state of creative bankruptcy and I can't think of any good ideas. | ispojzl | ispst92 | 1,666,035,877 | 1,666,037,527 | 1 | 2 | Sims. Make a family and watch them wreak buggy, free will havoc. | Be gay, do drugs. | 0 | 1,650 | 2 | ||
z783cr | writing_train | 0.95 | Seriously, how to you stop editing while you write and just write in the face of major plot and character issues? I have wild swings in how much I'm interested in my story and it's pretty closely related to how much I'm going back to patch up what I've written so far. I'm starting with a detailed outline. No prose, just detailed structure to lay out plot points, rough out the character arcs, describe the emotions I'm targeting with a scene, etc. I can handle issues like "this development is taking too long and I need to condense it from 3 chapters to 1," or "The reader doesn't have enough information make this payoff feel significant," or "I hate the way this is worded." All of those things can be fixed in editing for a second draft easily. But I'm several chapters and about 20k (very raw) words into my outline and I'll frequently realize I've written myself into a plot hole or my characters lack realistic motivations. I don't know how to just keep writing in the face of these issues. I feel like entire characters and plot developments hinge on those fundamental puzzle pieces fitting together properly. It's not as simple as adding a note saying "[This characters entire secondary motivation literally doesn't make sense, and all of their subsequent decisions and development depend on it being believable and relatable, so just figure it out]". I feel like for every chapter I outline, I have to re-read every other part of the outline that came before it and make sure things are still consistent and believable. It's eating up so much time and sapping all my energy and enthusiasm for actually writing my story. How does your process work? If you charge on ahead at all costs with your backspace key disabled, how do you resolve major issues like these? If you edit as you go (especially as an outliner), how do you keep your chin up despite the increasing burden of editing and the decreasing amount of time spent actually generating new story? | iy6bgc5 | iy6mm8s | 1,669,686,554 | 1,669,691,779 | 1 | 2 | Outline. It's really easy to hate a first draft because its prose. It feels like it should be a finished product. It's impossible to hate OR love an outline, because it's just an outline. The longer and more thoroughly you outline, the less you have to deal with your emotional reactions to a first draft. | i just type while looking at the keyboard most of the time, occasionally glancing up to see a horrifying mess of typos. but it works. it's kinda like telling the story to someone orally. | 0 | 5,225 | 2 | ||
z783cr | writing_train | 0.95 | Seriously, how to you stop editing while you write and just write in the face of major plot and character issues? I have wild swings in how much I'm interested in my story and it's pretty closely related to how much I'm going back to patch up what I've written so far. I'm starting with a detailed outline. No prose, just detailed structure to lay out plot points, rough out the character arcs, describe the emotions I'm targeting with a scene, etc. I can handle issues like "this development is taking too long and I need to condense it from 3 chapters to 1," or "The reader doesn't have enough information make this payoff feel significant," or "I hate the way this is worded." All of those things can be fixed in editing for a second draft easily. But I'm several chapters and about 20k (very raw) words into my outline and I'll frequently realize I've written myself into a plot hole or my characters lack realistic motivations. I don't know how to just keep writing in the face of these issues. I feel like entire characters and plot developments hinge on those fundamental puzzle pieces fitting together properly. It's not as simple as adding a note saying "[This characters entire secondary motivation literally doesn't make sense, and all of their subsequent decisions and development depend on it being believable and relatable, so just figure it out]". I feel like for every chapter I outline, I have to re-read every other part of the outline that came before it and make sure things are still consistent and believable. It's eating up so much time and sapping all my energy and enthusiasm for actually writing my story. How does your process work? If you charge on ahead at all costs with your backspace key disabled, how do you resolve major issues like these? If you edit as you go (especially as an outliner), how do you keep your chin up despite the increasing burden of editing and the decreasing amount of time spent actually generating new story? | iy6mm8s | iy6l7n1 | 1,669,691,779 | 1,669,691,093 | 2 | 1 | i just type while looking at the keyboard most of the time, occasionally glancing up to see a horrifying mess of typos. but it works. it's kinda like telling the story to someone orally. | Yeah, I'll go back to edit if there is a major plothole or issue that arises or a new idea I need to plant early. Sometimes I just make a note of it and add it in later. But you're right -- it can get in the way of the actual process of getting the initial words down. Some ideas that may help: * Turn off your monitor and type blindly * Make yourself a deal that you won't re-read until you have 5,000, 10,000, whatever-thousand words down. Then, allow yourself time to read and edit as you wish. * Push on, even if you know you're going down a deadend. I've done this several times, mostly because I know there is some good in it -- explore the character, reinforce what won't happen, etc. * Simply refuse to read anything while you're writing. This is difficult and takes self-discipline. But the fix is simple: just keep writing. If you see yourself stopping and reviewing, hit "Insert Page Break" and start writing again so you can't see what's come before. Hope some of these help -- good luck with it! \~Graham | 1 | 686 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwg3ktx | iwfyyqx | 1,668,511,542 | 1,668,507,606 | 118 | 57 | You're more likely to be struck by lightning. Worry about that instead, and focus on sharing and improving your work. If you're not actively working with critique partners or a writing group to improve your craft, I guarantee that it's not worth stealing in the first place. | Considering how hard it is to get published, the fear of your work getting stolen for this purpose is way overblown. If you're truly paranoid, make some small change to each draft you send out so if one "leaks" online you know where it came from. As far as self publishing, I look at it this way. No one is going to steal a manuscript from an unproven writer and go through all of the hassle of formatting your book for publication, then go to the effort of marketing your work under their name in order to try and make money. Thieves are typically lazy or desperate, this is way too much work for them. | 1 | 3,936 | 2.070175 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwfxdk2 | iwg3ktx | 1,668,506,151 | 1,668,511,542 | 13 | 118 | To be honest, most people are too busy working in their own books to steal, edit, polish and build a submission packet for yours. I'm sure you're very proud of you work, as you should be, a book is no easy beast to master, but it's unlikely someone will steal it. Crit partners have their own work that they're trying to get right, they won't take yours :) You can also join a writing group, either in person or online, and work on parts in sections, see how much work needs to be done and build trust with the people in a group before you share anything. I wish you the best of luck :) Edited | You're more likely to be struck by lightning. Worry about that instead, and focus on sharing and improving your work. If you're not actively working with critique partners or a writing group to improve your craft, I guarantee that it's not worth stealing in the first place. | 0 | 5,391 | 9.076923 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgmn8e | iwfyyqx | 1,668,522,566 | 1,668,507,606 | 98 | 57 | The brutal truth is your writing probably isn’t good enough to steal. If you continue to practice it may eventually be. | Considering how hard it is to get published, the fear of your work getting stolen for this purpose is way overblown. If you're truly paranoid, make some small change to each draft you send out so if one "leaks" online you know where it came from. As far as self publishing, I look at it this way. No one is going to steal a manuscript from an unproven writer and go through all of the hassle of formatting your book for publication, then go to the effort of marketing your work under their name in order to try and make money. Thieves are typically lazy or desperate, this is way too much work for them. | 1 | 14,960 | 1.719298 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwfxdk2 | iwgmn8e | 1,668,506,151 | 1,668,522,566 | 13 | 98 | To be honest, most people are too busy working in their own books to steal, edit, polish and build a submission packet for yours. I'm sure you're very proud of you work, as you should be, a book is no easy beast to master, but it's unlikely someone will steal it. Crit partners have their own work that they're trying to get right, they won't take yours :) You can also join a writing group, either in person or online, and work on parts in sections, see how much work needs to be done and build trust with the people in a group before you share anything. I wish you the best of luck :) Edited | The brutal truth is your writing probably isn’t good enough to steal. If you continue to practice it may eventually be. | 0 | 16,415 | 7.538462 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwfxdk2 | iwfyyqx | 1,668,506,151 | 1,668,507,606 | 13 | 57 | To be honest, most people are too busy working in their own books to steal, edit, polish and build a submission packet for yours. I'm sure you're very proud of you work, as you should be, a book is no easy beast to master, but it's unlikely someone will steal it. Crit partners have their own work that they're trying to get right, they won't take yours :) You can also join a writing group, either in person or online, and work on parts in sections, see how much work needs to be done and build trust with the people in a group before you share anything. I wish you the best of luck :) Edited | Considering how hard it is to get published, the fear of your work getting stolen for this purpose is way overblown. If you're truly paranoid, make some small change to each draft you send out so if one "leaks" online you know where it came from. As far as self publishing, I look at it this way. No one is going to steal a manuscript from an unproven writer and go through all of the hassle of formatting your book for publication, then go to the effort of marketing your work under their name in order to try and make money. Thieves are typically lazy or desperate, this is way too much work for them. | 0 | 1,455 | 4.384615 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwfxdk2 | iwh8swq | 1,668,506,151 | 1,668,531,677 | 13 | 27 | To be honest, most people are too busy working in their own books to steal, edit, polish and build a submission packet for yours. I'm sure you're very proud of you work, as you should be, a book is no easy beast to master, but it's unlikely someone will steal it. Crit partners have their own work that they're trying to get right, they won't take yours :) You can also join a writing group, either in person or online, and work on parts in sections, see how much work needs to be done and build trust with the people in a group before you share anything. I wish you the best of luck :) Edited | This is such a weird fear, only because it is so so so so so rare. What you’ve written is already copyrighted by you. Also, I think a lot of people believe their work is so good that people will want to steal it, which just isn’t the case for most people. | 0 | 25,526 | 2.076923 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwh46yl | iwh8swq | 1,668,529,835 | 1,668,531,677 | 11 | 27 | You’d have a more productive time being afraid of Real Estate agents lifting up your house with their bare hands and running away with it. That’s how reasonable this fear is. | This is such a weird fear, only because it is so so so so so rare. What you’ve written is already copyrighted by you. Also, I think a lot of people believe their work is so good that people will want to steal it, which just isn’t the case for most people. | 0 | 1,842 | 2.454545 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgykl2 | iwh8swq | 1,668,527,610 | 1,668,531,677 | 8 | 27 | I don't think there is a syndicate out there gunning for stray novel manuscripts, but with self publishing you do have a legitimate fear. I have been collecting Beta readers for myself. I know them all from school and have corresponded with them for months before doing any kind of sharing. My best "advice" is to not pick up a random beta reader at a beta reader web site like a social medial site. | This is such a weird fear, only because it is so so so so so rare. What you’ve written is already copyrighted by you. Also, I think a lot of people believe their work is so good that people will want to steal it, which just isn’t the case for most people. | 0 | 4,067 | 3.375 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgvim1 | iwh8swq | 1,668,526,378 | 1,668,531,677 | 1 | 27 | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | This is such a weird fear, only because it is so so so so so rare. What you’ve written is already copyrighted by you. Also, I think a lot of people believe their work is so good that people will want to steal it, which just isn’t the case for most people. | 0 | 5,299 | 27 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwh8swq | iwh82pw | 1,668,531,677 | 1,668,531,387 | 27 | 1 | This is such a weird fear, only because it is so so so so so rare. What you’ve written is already copyrighted by you. Also, I think a lot of people believe their work is so good that people will want to steal it, which just isn’t the case for most people. | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 290 | 27 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwfxdk2 | iwi59y4 | 1,668,506,151 | 1,668,544,125 | 13 | 15 | To be honest, most people are too busy working in their own books to steal, edit, polish and build a submission packet for yours. I'm sure you're very proud of you work, as you should be, a book is no easy beast to master, but it's unlikely someone will steal it. Crit partners have their own work that they're trying to get right, they won't take yours :) You can also join a writing group, either in person or online, and work on parts in sections, see how much work needs to be done and build trust with the people in a group before you share anything. I wish you the best of luck :) Edited | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | 0 | 37,974 | 1.153846 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwh46yl | iwi59y4 | 1,668,529,835 | 1,668,544,125 | 11 | 15 | You’d have a more productive time being afraid of Real Estate agents lifting up your house with their bare hands and running away with it. That’s how reasonable this fear is. | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | 0 | 14,290 | 1.363636 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwhhcvv | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,535,012 | 15 | 11 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | Nah my stuff sucks too much to steal | 1 | 9,113 | 1.363636 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwgykl2 | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,527,610 | 15 | 8 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | I don't think there is a syndicate out there gunning for stray novel manuscripts, but with self publishing you do have a legitimate fear. I have been collecting Beta readers for myself. I know them all from school and have corresponded with them for months before doing any kind of sharing. My best "advice" is to not pick up a random beta reader at a beta reader web site like a social medial site. | 1 | 16,515 | 1.875 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwhwd52 | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,540,736 | 15 | 8 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | I'd like to offer some practical advice that is hopefully helpful! 1. As a beta reader personally and as a writer myself, it's very very rare that I encounter a manuscript that I would want to work on. Since the draft isn't really ready for release at the beta reading stage, even if I did steal it, I would have to want to work on it, which I often don't, not because the manuscript isn't good, but because it's just not the kind of story I want to write, even if it's something I want to read. This is quite likely to happen with other readers. If they do steal it and simply self-publish as is, it won't actually be in a publishable condition, which can affect sales (so it's not really something many writers would do) 1. In the unlikely event that someone does this and wants to develop the book, they won't have your understanding of what the story is supposed to be about, and it WILL show, trust me. The development will be patchy and it won't be much good. You are the only person who's spent enough time on your book to tell the story it's meant to be 2. You could try sending in a first chapter to a new beta reader or critique partner to test the waters and build a relationship. That can also help you figure out some areas for improvement of your book without sending the entire draft in, and develop a good working dynamic between you two that is helpful 3. You could also try to send in something else that you wrote instead. Comments from a beta reader can help you understand what's going on with your writing in general, and you can start making some developmental edits to your own book based on the weak points that a beta reader has found in a different piece of work you've produced. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it can be a small step to try to get over your fear 4. You could try to join some writing groups to get acquainted with other writers and build relationships from there. Offer to beta read their work before offering up yours. It could help you feel less afraid of the process once you make some acquaintances. And like one of the comments below said, don't send it to someone you don't really know, since they may never get back to you about it Some fears are super irrational, but that doesn't mean they aren't real for you, and I do hope you manage to overcome it OP! All the best! | 1 | 3,389 | 1.875 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwhnb8v | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,537,290 | 15 | 3 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | 1 | 6,835 | 5 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwgvim1 | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,526,378 | 15 | 1 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | 1 | 17,747 | 15 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwh82pw | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,531,387 | 15 | 1 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 12,738 | 15 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhbmr8 | iwi59y4 | 1,668,532,797 | 1,668,544,125 | 0 | 15 | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | 0 | 11,328 | 15,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi59y4 | iwhero3 | 1,668,544,125 | 1,668,534,018 | 15 | 1 | Nobody wants to steal your manuscript. Full stop. | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | 1 | 10,107 | 15 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwh46yl | iwgykl2 | 1,668,529,835 | 1,668,527,610 | 11 | 8 | You’d have a more productive time being afraid of Real Estate agents lifting up your house with their bare hands and running away with it. That’s how reasonable this fear is. | I don't think there is a syndicate out there gunning for stray novel manuscripts, but with self publishing you do have a legitimate fear. I have been collecting Beta readers for myself. I know them all from school and have corresponded with them for months before doing any kind of sharing. My best "advice" is to not pick up a random beta reader at a beta reader web site like a social medial site. | 1 | 2,225 | 1.375 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgvim1 | iwh46yl | 1,668,526,378 | 1,668,529,835 | 1 | 11 | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | You’d have a more productive time being afraid of Real Estate agents lifting up your house with their bare hands and running away with it. That’s how reasonable this fear is. | 0 | 3,457 | 11 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhhcvv | iwgykl2 | 1,668,535,012 | 1,668,527,610 | 11 | 8 | Nah my stuff sucks too much to steal | I don't think there is a syndicate out there gunning for stray novel manuscripts, but with self publishing you do have a legitimate fear. I have been collecting Beta readers for myself. I know them all from school and have corresponded with them for months before doing any kind of sharing. My best "advice" is to not pick up a random beta reader at a beta reader web site like a social medial site. | 1 | 7,402 | 1.375 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgvim1 | iwhhcvv | 1,668,526,378 | 1,668,535,012 | 1 | 11 | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | Nah my stuff sucks too much to steal | 0 | 8,634 | 11 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhhcvv | iwh82pw | 1,668,535,012 | 1,668,531,387 | 11 | 1 | Nah my stuff sucks too much to steal | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 3,625 | 11 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhhcvv | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,535,012 | 1,668,532,797 | 11 | 0 | Nah my stuff sucks too much to steal | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 2,215 | 11,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhhcvv | iwhero3 | 1,668,535,012 | 1,668,534,018 | 11 | 1 | Nah my stuff sucks too much to steal | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | 1 | 994 | 11 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgykl2 | iwgvim1 | 1,668,527,610 | 1,668,526,378 | 8 | 1 | I don't think there is a syndicate out there gunning for stray novel manuscripts, but with self publishing you do have a legitimate fear. I have been collecting Beta readers for myself. I know them all from school and have corresponded with them for months before doing any kind of sharing. My best "advice" is to not pick up a random beta reader at a beta reader web site like a social medial site. | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | 1 | 1,232 | 8 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhnb8v | iwhwd52 | 1,668,537,290 | 1,668,540,736 | 3 | 8 | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | I'd like to offer some practical advice that is hopefully helpful! 1. As a beta reader personally and as a writer myself, it's very very rare that I encounter a manuscript that I would want to work on. Since the draft isn't really ready for release at the beta reading stage, even if I did steal it, I would have to want to work on it, which I often don't, not because the manuscript isn't good, but because it's just not the kind of story I want to write, even if it's something I want to read. This is quite likely to happen with other readers. If they do steal it and simply self-publish as is, it won't actually be in a publishable condition, which can affect sales (so it's not really something many writers would do) 1. In the unlikely event that someone does this and wants to develop the book, they won't have your understanding of what the story is supposed to be about, and it WILL show, trust me. The development will be patchy and it won't be much good. You are the only person who's spent enough time on your book to tell the story it's meant to be 2. You could try sending in a first chapter to a new beta reader or critique partner to test the waters and build a relationship. That can also help you figure out some areas for improvement of your book without sending the entire draft in, and develop a good working dynamic between you two that is helpful 3. You could also try to send in something else that you wrote instead. Comments from a beta reader can help you understand what's going on with your writing in general, and you can start making some developmental edits to your own book based on the weak points that a beta reader has found in a different piece of work you've produced. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it can be a small step to try to get over your fear 4. You could try to join some writing groups to get acquainted with other writers and build relationships from there. Offer to beta read their work before offering up yours. It could help you feel less afraid of the process once you make some acquaintances. And like one of the comments below said, don't send it to someone you don't really know, since they may never get back to you about it Some fears are super irrational, but that doesn't mean they aren't real for you, and I do hope you manage to overcome it OP! All the best! | 0 | 3,446 | 2.666667 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgvim1 | iwhwd52 | 1,668,526,378 | 1,668,540,736 | 1 | 8 | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | I'd like to offer some practical advice that is hopefully helpful! 1. As a beta reader personally and as a writer myself, it's very very rare that I encounter a manuscript that I would want to work on. Since the draft isn't really ready for release at the beta reading stage, even if I did steal it, I would have to want to work on it, which I often don't, not because the manuscript isn't good, but because it's just not the kind of story I want to write, even if it's something I want to read. This is quite likely to happen with other readers. If they do steal it and simply self-publish as is, it won't actually be in a publishable condition, which can affect sales (so it's not really something many writers would do) 1. In the unlikely event that someone does this and wants to develop the book, they won't have your understanding of what the story is supposed to be about, and it WILL show, trust me. The development will be patchy and it won't be much good. You are the only person who's spent enough time on your book to tell the story it's meant to be 2. You could try sending in a first chapter to a new beta reader or critique partner to test the waters and build a relationship. That can also help you figure out some areas for improvement of your book without sending the entire draft in, and develop a good working dynamic between you two that is helpful 3. You could also try to send in something else that you wrote instead. Comments from a beta reader can help you understand what's going on with your writing in general, and you can start making some developmental edits to your own book based on the weak points that a beta reader has found in a different piece of work you've produced. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it can be a small step to try to get over your fear 4. You could try to join some writing groups to get acquainted with other writers and build relationships from there. Offer to beta read their work before offering up yours. It could help you feel less afraid of the process once you make some acquaintances. And like one of the comments below said, don't send it to someone you don't really know, since they may never get back to you about it Some fears are super irrational, but that doesn't mean they aren't real for you, and I do hope you manage to overcome it OP! All the best! | 0 | 14,358 | 8 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwh82pw | iwhwd52 | 1,668,531,387 | 1,668,540,736 | 1 | 8 | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | I'd like to offer some practical advice that is hopefully helpful! 1. As a beta reader personally and as a writer myself, it's very very rare that I encounter a manuscript that I would want to work on. Since the draft isn't really ready for release at the beta reading stage, even if I did steal it, I would have to want to work on it, which I often don't, not because the manuscript isn't good, but because it's just not the kind of story I want to write, even if it's something I want to read. This is quite likely to happen with other readers. If they do steal it and simply self-publish as is, it won't actually be in a publishable condition, which can affect sales (so it's not really something many writers would do) 1. In the unlikely event that someone does this and wants to develop the book, they won't have your understanding of what the story is supposed to be about, and it WILL show, trust me. The development will be patchy and it won't be much good. You are the only person who's spent enough time on your book to tell the story it's meant to be 2. You could try sending in a first chapter to a new beta reader or critique partner to test the waters and build a relationship. That can also help you figure out some areas for improvement of your book without sending the entire draft in, and develop a good working dynamic between you two that is helpful 3. You could also try to send in something else that you wrote instead. Comments from a beta reader can help you understand what's going on with your writing in general, and you can start making some developmental edits to your own book based on the weak points that a beta reader has found in a different piece of work you've produced. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it can be a small step to try to get over your fear 4. You could try to join some writing groups to get acquainted with other writers and build relationships from there. Offer to beta read their work before offering up yours. It could help you feel less afraid of the process once you make some acquaintances. And like one of the comments below said, don't send it to someone you don't really know, since they may never get back to you about it Some fears are super irrational, but that doesn't mean they aren't real for you, and I do hope you manage to overcome it OP! All the best! | 0 | 9,349 | 8 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhwd52 | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,540,736 | 1,668,532,797 | 8 | 0 | I'd like to offer some practical advice that is hopefully helpful! 1. As a beta reader personally and as a writer myself, it's very very rare that I encounter a manuscript that I would want to work on. Since the draft isn't really ready for release at the beta reading stage, even if I did steal it, I would have to want to work on it, which I often don't, not because the manuscript isn't good, but because it's just not the kind of story I want to write, even if it's something I want to read. This is quite likely to happen with other readers. If they do steal it and simply self-publish as is, it won't actually be in a publishable condition, which can affect sales (so it's not really something many writers would do) 1. In the unlikely event that someone does this and wants to develop the book, they won't have your understanding of what the story is supposed to be about, and it WILL show, trust me. The development will be patchy and it won't be much good. You are the only person who's spent enough time on your book to tell the story it's meant to be 2. You could try sending in a first chapter to a new beta reader or critique partner to test the waters and build a relationship. That can also help you figure out some areas for improvement of your book without sending the entire draft in, and develop a good working dynamic between you two that is helpful 3. You could also try to send in something else that you wrote instead. Comments from a beta reader can help you understand what's going on with your writing in general, and you can start making some developmental edits to your own book based on the weak points that a beta reader has found in a different piece of work you've produced. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it can be a small step to try to get over your fear 4. You could try to join some writing groups to get acquainted with other writers and build relationships from there. Offer to beta read their work before offering up yours. It could help you feel less afraid of the process once you make some acquaintances. And like one of the comments below said, don't send it to someone you don't really know, since they may never get back to you about it Some fears are super irrational, but that doesn't mean they aren't real for you, and I do hope you manage to overcome it OP! All the best! | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 7,939 | 8,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhero3 | iwhwd52 | 1,668,534,018 | 1,668,540,736 | 1 | 8 | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | I'd like to offer some practical advice that is hopefully helpful! 1. As a beta reader personally and as a writer myself, it's very very rare that I encounter a manuscript that I would want to work on. Since the draft isn't really ready for release at the beta reading stage, even if I did steal it, I would have to want to work on it, which I often don't, not because the manuscript isn't good, but because it's just not the kind of story I want to write, even if it's something I want to read. This is quite likely to happen with other readers. If they do steal it and simply self-publish as is, it won't actually be in a publishable condition, which can affect sales (so it's not really something many writers would do) 1. In the unlikely event that someone does this and wants to develop the book, they won't have your understanding of what the story is supposed to be about, and it WILL show, trust me. The development will be patchy and it won't be much good. You are the only person who's spent enough time on your book to tell the story it's meant to be 2. You could try sending in a first chapter to a new beta reader or critique partner to test the waters and build a relationship. That can also help you figure out some areas for improvement of your book without sending the entire draft in, and develop a good working dynamic between you two that is helpful 3. You could also try to send in something else that you wrote instead. Comments from a beta reader can help you understand what's going on with your writing in general, and you can start making some developmental edits to your own book based on the weak points that a beta reader has found in a different piece of work you've produced. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it can be a small step to try to get over your fear 4. You could try to join some writing groups to get acquainted with other writers and build relationships from there. Offer to beta read their work before offering up yours. It could help you feel less afraid of the process once you make some acquaintances. And like one of the comments below said, don't send it to someone you don't really know, since they may never get back to you about it Some fears are super irrational, but that doesn't mean they aren't real for you, and I do hope you manage to overcome it OP! All the best! | 0 | 6,718 | 8 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwihp0n | iwis90u | 1,668,548,904 | 1,668,553,250 | 5 | 6 | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | 0 | 4,346 | 1.2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhnb8v | iwihp0n | 1,668,537,290 | 1,668,548,904 | 3 | 5 | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | 0 | 11,614 | 1.666667 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgvim1 | iwihp0n | 1,668,526,378 | 1,668,548,904 | 1 | 5 | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | 0 | 22,526 | 5 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwihp0n | iwh82pw | 1,668,548,904 | 1,668,531,387 | 5 | 1 | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 17,517 | 5 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwihp0n | iwi7zab | 1,668,548,904 | 1,668,545,159 | 5 | 1 | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | Put your name in the manuscript and mail it to yourself. Add a copyright note and a date whenever you share. In this way you can always proof that you are the author. B.t.w The chance that someone runs with your manuscript are infinitesimal. | 1 | 3,745 | 5 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhbmr8 | iwihp0n | 1,668,532,797 | 1,668,548,904 | 0 | 5 | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | 0 | 16,107 | 5,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhero3 | iwihp0n | 1,668,534,018 | 1,668,548,904 | 1 | 5 | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | 0 | 14,886 | 5 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwihp0n | iwig9rc | 1,668,548,904 | 1,668,548,349 | 5 | 0 | Everyone remember: Your work is not good enough to steal. Follow-up: Your unpublished manuscript is already copyright protected. If you’re really worried and fear you’re going to have go to trial over it, register your copyright. | If you can prove you wrote the book, you own the copyright. If someone publishes your book, you can then move for an injunction to prevent further damages; sue them for damages; sue for attribution of the work to you; and generally restore your control of the work. People can steal your ideas. They can’t steal your book. | 1 | 555 | 5,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhnb8v | iwis90u | 1,668,537,290 | 1,668,553,250 | 3 | 6 | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | 0 | 15,960 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwis90u | iwii24z | 1,668,553,250 | 1,668,549,046 | 6 | 3 | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | 1 | 4,204 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwgvim1 | iwis90u | 1,668,526,378 | 1,668,553,250 | 1 | 6 | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | 0 | 26,872 | 6 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwh82pw | iwis90u | 1,668,531,387 | 1,668,553,250 | 1 | 6 | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | 0 | 21,863 | 6 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwis90u | iwi7zab | 1,668,553,250 | 1,668,545,159 | 6 | 1 | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | Put your name in the manuscript and mail it to yourself. Add a copyright note and a date whenever you share. In this way you can always proof that you are the author. B.t.w The chance that someone runs with your manuscript are infinitesimal. | 1 | 8,091 | 6 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhbmr8 | iwis90u | 1,668,532,797 | 1,668,553,250 | 0 | 6 | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | 0 | 20,453 | 6,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwis90u | iwhero3 | 1,668,553,250 | 1,668,534,018 | 6 | 1 | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | 1 | 19,232 | 6 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwig9rc | iwis90u | 1,668,548,349 | 1,668,553,250 | 0 | 6 | If you can prove you wrote the book, you own the copyright. If someone publishes your book, you can then move for an injunction to prevent further damages; sue them for damages; sue for attribution of the work to you; and generally restore your control of the work. People can steal your ideas. They can’t steal your book. | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | 0 | 4,901 | 6,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwis90u | iwiiunh | 1,668,553,250 | 1,668,549,355 | 6 | 1 | 1. Don't share it with strangers you don't know or trust. 2. Get over it. That's just your ego talking. Nobody wants your book. You'll be lucky to get a publisher to take it after months of edits. Sorry, but that's the truth. | In middle school our italian teacher (I'm from Italy) gave us to write a fantasy story for homework. I've always ADORED writing fantasy, so I wrote an amazing story and the day after the teacher said to me to read that in front of the class, so I did it. We hadn't much time, so not everyone managed to read the story that day. When the time of reading the stories came again, a friend of mine read a story, which was basically the same as mine (but worse lol) she has changed hers (I had read her old story before) I couldn't believe that. So, from that moment on, I can't trust anyone and I never read my stories :') | 1 | 3,895 | 6 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhnb8v | iwgvim1 | 1,668,537,290 | 1,668,526,378 | 3 | 1 | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | 1 | 10,912 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhnb8v | iwh82pw | 1,668,537,290 | 1,668,531,387 | 3 | 1 | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 5,903 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhbmr8 | iwhnb8v | 1,668,532,797 | 1,668,537,290 | 0 | 3 | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | 0 | 4,493 | 3,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhero3 | iwhnb8v | 1,668,534,018 | 1,668,537,290 | 1 | 3 | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | First draft of any and every text ever written is more or less trash. Your text migt be of value IF it's edit and corrected, probably rewritten and critiqued, and retouched. Most self-published are trash, because they are proofread, but not edited. Your chances of seeing your text stolen are near zero. | 0 | 3,272 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwii24z | iwgvim1 | 1,668,549,046 | 1,668,526,378 | 3 | 1 | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | 1 | 22,668 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwii24z | iwh82pw | 1,668,549,046 | 1,668,531,387 | 3 | 1 | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 17,659 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi7zab | iwii24z | 1,668,545,159 | 1,668,549,046 | 1 | 3 | Put your name in the manuscript and mail it to yourself. Add a copyright note and a date whenever you share. In this way you can always proof that you are the author. B.t.w The chance that someone runs with your manuscript are infinitesimal. | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | 0 | 3,887 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwii24z | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,549,046 | 1,668,532,797 | 3 | 0 | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 16,249 | 3,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwii24z | iwhero3 | 1,668,549,046 | 1,668,534,018 | 3 | 1 | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | 1 | 15,028 | 3 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwig9rc | iwii24z | 1,668,548,349 | 1,668,549,046 | 0 | 3 | If you can prove you wrote the book, you own the copyright. If someone publishes your book, you can then move for an injunction to prevent further damages; sue them for damages; sue for attribution of the work to you; and generally restore your control of the work. People can steal your ideas. They can’t steal your book. | Honestly, and I mean this in the nicest way, your manuscript isn’t worth stealing. | 0 | 697 | 3,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwgvim1 | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,526,378 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | A few weeks back I approached someone on social media to beta-read my book. I have talked to him on numerous occasions, and he was a writer too. Little famous and is always at various local events. He happily accepted it. No problem till I send my book. And then, no reply. No review nothing at all. Many days have passed now. My advice, approach only those with whom you have good connections. The person I am mentioning looks okay on social media but you know, after this, I find it hard to trust now. I don't have yet any solution but thought to share this terrible experience I had so that you can do something smarter than me. Update - I have other beta readers and they are really good. | 1 | 44,907 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwh82pw | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,531,387 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | Oml SAME! It’s to the point where if I really love a story idea I literally won’t even mention to anyone. I think I’m just paranoid honestly. | 1 | 39,898 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwi7zab | iwjuu88 | 1,668,545,159 | 1,668,571,285 | 1 | 2 | Put your name in the manuscript and mail it to yourself. Add a copyright note and a date whenever you share. In this way you can always proof that you are the author. B.t.w The chance that someone runs with your manuscript are infinitesimal. | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | 0 | 26,126 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,532,797 | 2 | 0 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 38,488 | 2,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhero3 | iwjuu88 | 1,668,534,018 | 1,668,571,285 | 1 | 2 | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | 0 | 37,267 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwig9rc | iwjuu88 | 1,668,548,349 | 1,668,571,285 | 0 | 2 | If you can prove you wrote the book, you own the copyright. If someone publishes your book, you can then move for an injunction to prevent further damages; sue them for damages; sue for attribution of the work to you; and generally restore your control of the work. People can steal your ideas. They can’t steal your book. | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | 0 | 22,936 | 2,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwiiunh | iwjuu88 | 1,668,549,355 | 1,668,571,285 | 1 | 2 | In middle school our italian teacher (I'm from Italy) gave us to write a fantasy story for homework. I've always ADORED writing fantasy, so I wrote an amazing story and the day after the teacher said to me to read that in front of the class, so I did it. We hadn't much time, so not everyone managed to read the story that day. When the time of reading the stories came again, a friend of mine read a story, which was basically the same as mine (but worse lol) she has changed hers (I had read her old story before) I couldn't believe that. So, from that moment on, I can't trust anyone and I never read my stories :') | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | 0 | 21,930 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwiw9y3 | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,554,971 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | I thought this once & then realized what would make them able to write, publish AND SELL my book better than me? Naw… it’s so not likely. 🤷♀️ | 1 | 16,314 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwiyhxa | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,555,946 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | I once read a self published story where the idea was ok but it obviously hadn’t been edited by anyone or beta read. It was told from two points of view and sometimes those views retold the exact same event and sometimes they told different times in the story. I finished the book because I wanted to see where the plot was going but the way it was written was bad. Sometimes the switch of character did nothing to progress any part of the story (no real plot or character development- it seemed to be just filler). There were grammatical mistakes as well. I almost didn’t finish it. It’s not something I would put my name on nor is it something I could develop well enough to improve it even though I read the whole thing. | 1 | 15,339 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwj8qs4 | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,560,719 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | File it at the copyright office or wga. | 1 | 10,566 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwj9723 | iwjuu88 | 1,668,560,932 | 1,668,571,285 | 1 | 2 | Think of the lawsuit earnings and news coverage you'd get! Hey, somebody steal mine and publish it! | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | 0 | 10,353 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjbywe | iwjuu88 | 1,668,562,246 | 1,668,571,285 | 1 | 2 | Let's put it this way, very shortly, you know how many down votes you for just posting that? And me for responding? There's reasons. The easiest property to steal is intellectual property. Also, the hardest to prove. When you have people telling you that no one wants to steal your writing, it's almost the same way of saying, "Leave the keys in your car because no one wants to steal it." Share like I do. Small groups of other writers and know who they are. Don't listen to the other people saying otherwise. | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | 0 | 9,039 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwjq8jp | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,568,955 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | Even if, and that's a big IF, ask yourself this question *Of all the millions of books in the world, why would someone steal yours specifically?* | 1 | 2,330 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwjuu88 | iwjt6u6 | 1,668,571,285 | 1,668,570,434 | 2 | 1 | I mean, I don't want to make assumptions, but if you've never even shared your work with anyone, chances are you're not at a stage where your writing is really that great. Or even, you know, good. We all suck pretty hard at the beginning, and good critiques are kind of vital for improvement. Even if you've read a lot of craft books and are familiar with a lot of theory, until you've had your own writing picked apart by someone else, you won't know how off you are from the ideal in your head. You need a reader's perspective. So yeah, unless you're some sort of prodigy, your novel is probably not worth stealing on its own. Unless the thief is running a fairly impressive operation that consists on putting out tons of low-quality books, while making very little money from each individual release, you don't have much to fear. Such operations exist, but they're usually legitimate (in that the person is paying ghost writers for the manuscripts), and pretty genre-specific (think Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery, etc.). Someone would have to really go out of their way to offer to beta someone else's stuff in the hopes it'll match what they're trying to sell, and they would have to do it en masse to profit off it. They're better off paying someone on Fiverr for a 50k word novel that is in the exact niche they work in. Edited to add: If you're really all that scared, you can always use one of those karma-based services like Scribophile or Critique Circle, where you win points for critiquing stuff, which then you can spend to have your work critiqued. This is done in threads the whole forum can see, so there's a semi-public record you can fall back on. Not very efficient (since there's only so much of the story you can post at a time), but transparent enough. | Nobody cares about other people’s ideas… so have no fear. | 1 | 851 | 2 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhbmr8 | iwi7zab | 1,668,532,797 | 1,668,545,159 | 0 | 1 | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | Put your name in the manuscript and mail it to yourself. Add a copyright note and a date whenever you share. In this way you can always proof that you are the author. B.t.w The chance that someone runs with your manuscript are infinitesimal. | 0 | 12,362 | 1,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhbmr8 | iwkhs6x | 1,668,532,797 | 1,668,587,027 | 0 | 1 | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | Laddie, like so many who feel like this, it is all about your ego. You think it is so good it is worth stealing because it is valuable to you but to the market. To most people, you are a nobody, a nothing, your work is nothing and to most beta readers you are still that. Maybe a pal and all so it is like thinking that someone will break into your apartment to steal a penny. That penny might be valuable to you because your dad gave it to you on his deathbed but to the world, it is an insignificant penny. Realise that to most people, your work means no where near as much as it does to you. Your love for it is natural and it is good, but to the world, it is still close to nothing. If you handed me your manuscript and told me I Could have all the royalties for it if I fixed it up, you wouldn't get me to do it. It is not worth the hassle given the almost non-existent gain I will get. I have no emotional investment, no feelings to it, nothing. So it is not worth the effort. Realise this and you will feel better. | 0 | 54,230 | 1,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwig9rc | iwkhs6x | 1,668,548,349 | 1,668,587,027 | 0 | 1 | If you can prove you wrote the book, you own the copyright. If someone publishes your book, you can then move for an injunction to prevent further damages; sue them for damages; sue for attribution of the work to you; and generally restore your control of the work. People can steal your ideas. They can’t steal your book. | Laddie, like so many who feel like this, it is all about your ego. You think it is so good it is worth stealing because it is valuable to you but to the market. To most people, you are a nobody, a nothing, your work is nothing and to most beta readers you are still that. Maybe a pal and all so it is like thinking that someone will break into your apartment to steal a penny. That penny might be valuable to you because your dad gave it to you on his deathbed but to the world, it is an insignificant penny. Realise that to most people, your work means no where near as much as it does to you. Your love for it is natural and it is good, but to the world, it is still close to nothing. If you handed me your manuscript and told me I Could have all the royalties for it if I fixed it up, you wouldn't get me to do it. It is not worth the hassle given the almost non-existent gain I will get. I have no emotional investment, no feelings to it, nothing. So it is not worth the effort. Realise this and you will feel better. | 0 | 38,678 | 1,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwhero3 | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,534,018 | 1,668,532,797 | 1 | 0 | If they stole your idea, it would be impossible to write it your way. You would have your own voice, characters, plot, subplots... | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 1,221 | 1,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwiiunh | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,549,355 | 1,668,532,797 | 1 | 0 | In middle school our italian teacher (I'm from Italy) gave us to write a fantasy story for homework. I've always ADORED writing fantasy, so I wrote an amazing story and the day after the teacher said to me to read that in front of the class, so I did it. We hadn't much time, so not everyone managed to read the story that day. When the time of reading the stories came again, a friend of mine read a story, which was basically the same as mine (but worse lol) she has changed hers (I had read her old story before) I couldn't believe that. So, from that moment on, I can't trust anyone and I never read my stories :') | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 16,558 | 1,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwiw9y3 | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,554,971 | 1,668,532,797 | 1 | 0 | I thought this once & then realized what would make them able to write, publish AND SELL my book better than me? Naw… it’s so not likely. 🤷♀️ | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 22,174 | 1,000 | ||
yvsbdc | writing_train | 0.8 | Fear of sharing the manuscript with others that it might get stolen? I fear to share my manuscript with critique partners and beta readers, that they will copy the entire book and pitch/selfpublish it under their name. Once when in high school, I printed my book into A4 pages booklet and shared it with one of my friends to read, but he lost it. 😐 Then, the fear that someone will publish it under his name took over me. Fortunately, I found my manuscript. Big relief. Any way to overcome this fear? People can always self publish now after a proofreading round, gone are the days when we need to wait for publishers. This scares me, someone with steal and self publish the book. Any help? | iwiyhxa | iwhbmr8 | 1,668,555,946 | 1,668,532,797 | 1 | 0 | I once read a self published story where the idea was ok but it obviously hadn’t been edited by anyone or beta read. It was told from two points of view and sometimes those views retold the exact same event and sometimes they told different times in the story. I finished the book because I wanted to see where the plot was going but the way it was written was bad. Sometimes the switch of character did nothing to progress any part of the story (no real plot or character development- it seemed to be just filler). There were grammatical mistakes as well. I almost didn’t finish it. It’s not something I would put my name on nor is it something I could develop well enough to improve it even though I read the whole thing. | Copyright your shit. And if you self pub, you WILL be pirated. You can protect yourself only so much. So the best thing to do is just get over it and realize this is part of every writer's fears. | 1 | 23,149 | 1,000 |
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