If you hear anything please e-mail me.
2007-01-07 04:15:39 · 8 answers · asked by Amy 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
The cheapest way to prevent that is to make a copy of your writing and send it to yourself snail mail style.
2007-01-07 04:17:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first I think you need to post this under Books and Literature, there are a lot of other ideas you can read on responses to similar questions.
Second, you can find writing contests all over the place. Writers Digest runs several a year, and the Glitter Train as a series of contest going all the time. BE AWARE that I have never run into a writing contest that didn't have a reading fee.
As to "still"ing you ideas, Ideas are not protected: the words of the writer are. It is said that there are only 50 different plot ideas. the differences are the twists, characterization, time period, and scenario applied by the author. If you're afraid of having your stories stolen, you can protect yourself by printing the stories and mailing them to yourself. Don't open the package, but keep it in tack, and if someone steals your material (it has to be a nearly word by word copy) you will have dated proof of the date you wrote and printed the story. Short stories are not copyrightable except in collections--you can do this too. See the copyright.gov website for forms and instructions. there is a fee.
2007-01-07 13:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Wanda K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Type up your entry and mail it to yourself via the US postal service. Keep the envelope sealed when you recieve it. It is now dated by the government and you have proof it was yours on that date should anyone try to copy.
I have read that on several writing websites.
Can't hurt and costs less than fifty cents!
2007-01-07 12:18:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As China Doll and CJ stated, mail it to yourself and keep the envelope sealed. AKA the "Poor-man's Copyright," the sealed envelope can be submitted as circumstantial evidence in court.
2007-01-10 14:25:37 · answer #4 · answered by Smokin' Dragon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are going to have a hard time writing if you don't know how to spell.
Learn to spell then learn to write. Good Luck
2007-01-07 20:12:10 · answer #5 · answered by gyro-nut64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to haperteenfanlit.com and become member and send in one of your stories and actual authors will send you an e-mail about your story
2007-01-07 12:18:29 · answer #6 · answered by bertossimichelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only need to worry about that when you are in college
2007-01-07 12:18:12 · answer #7 · answered by worldsource19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kk i prolly won't though.
2007-01-07 12:17:32 · answer #8 · answered by i like turtles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋