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pnwmom

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11. Manuscripts are copyrighted, but ideas are not.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 12:47 AM

Aug 2012

Please do not worry about having your idea stolen. Good writers are bursting with their own ideas; they don't need to steal yours. No one but you is capable of writing the story that is inside you.

(Do you think if someone told you about an idea for writing about a boy named Harry who went to Wizard School and conquered Lord Voltemort, you would have come up with anything resembling Harry Potter?)

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Question about Queries and copyrights. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 OP

Yes it is possible. PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #1

So, even when I submit my query for examination, I'm Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #2

That's why you should only deal with reputable agents... PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #3

Manuscripts are copyrighted, but ideas are not. pnwmom Aug 2012 #11

An idea is not a book. Ideas are easy; writing books is hard. mainer Jul 2012 #4

I often say that ideas are a dime a dozen. SheilaT Jul 2012 #5

Thanks mainer. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #6

Ideas can't be copyrighted. yellerpup Jul 2012 #7

Sounds like copyrighting is the way to go. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #8

I think she must have been crazy. yellerpup Jul 2012 #9

Thanks! Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #10