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Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#26: May 31st 2011 at 1:42:09 PM

Actual response to the topic: Sometimes I lie. And mostly I just keep talking about it really vague. Being truthy and open about it will only happen when a work's published. And sometimes not even then.

MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#27: May 31st 2011 at 2:02:29 PM

I've fantasized about being plagiarized before...

Read my stories!
Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#28: May 31st 2011 at 2:34:38 PM

I don't care if someone plagiarizes me, as long as they write the story properly. I just want it in print, not necessarily under my name.

(Which, by the way, means if some concept I discuss on this forum inspires you, feel free to steal it!)

If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Also known as Katz
#29: May 31st 2011 at 2:37:04 PM

Leradny and Dealan are right; everyone thinks their work is so great that people would want to steal it, but in reality, even if your work is that awesome, it's unlikely people will recognize that. Even if you post sections of it, a section long enough to have context is TL;DR length.

What Worlder might want to worry about is that if you've posted it online it counts as previously published and most print publishers won't accept it.

MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
Ahr river
#30: May 31st 2011 at 2:37:57 PM

Wait...they won't?

Even if you delete it?

edited 31st May '11 2:38:13 PM by MrAHR

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SavageHeathen Pro-Freedom Fanatic from Somewhere Since: Feb, 2011
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#31: May 31st 2011 at 3:57:43 PM

They say it's the highest form of flattery... And I write more for my ego than my wallet.

edited 31st May '11 3:58:04 PM by SavageHeathen

You exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it.
jewelleddragon Also known as Katz from Pasadena, CA Since: Apr, 2009
Also known as Katz
#32: May 31st 2011 at 5:48:34 PM

If you delete it and uncache it (before submitting), I suppose they'd have no way to know, unless a lot of people had read it. Here are some guidelines I found.

MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#34: May 31st 2011 at 10:58:59 PM

It's a good thing the only major work I posted online is Kira Is Justice, and I'm Retooling that when I get to it. Also, I mostly just talk about my works.

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