What's your attitude towards your own writings?

No, I don't mind sharing mine. I have a blog which anybody can read. As for my novel, nobody's ever asked to read it and I wouldn't force it on anyone - so the problem's never come up.

I have no problem sharing and if its stolen i would be proud to have written something good enough to be stolen. Besides i am not going to do anything with it besides write it.

If I am just logging, I'm super public. I don't keep many secrets, and there's very little that I WON'T write on line. LOL When it comes to the work I am going to publish, I don't share it with that many people. I want people to wait to see it until it's totally finished.

I have always been secretive with my writings. The only way that I'm not really worried about it is when I must write an assignment for school. All my other writings, I keep to myself. I don't even let my hubby read them. Once I receive my degree, I'm sure I will have to be more open with my thoughts, ideas, opinions, and writings. I'm working on becoming a teacher and want to do more with my degrees than just teach. I would love to be on a school board, write articles for Education Week magazine, or write a book to help teachers become better at educating. I think that I have anxiety about what people will say. I'm seeing a therapist for this. Year by year, it seems I've become more cautious about everything and my therapist says that it could make me one of those people who never leave the house. I don't want to be like that, but I do see it happening.

That depends on what I'm writing and where, and what stage it's at. Ernest Hemmingway famously said 'All first drafts are ****', and he's right, I wouldn't let anyone near those. If you're doing poetry, it's worth banging them up somewhere like Helium or AC; you can maintain non-exclusive rights, and they're pretty quick to come down on plagiarism. That way you can get some feedback, and possibly money, too. I write mostly fiction and editorials, but I do the odd thing on Ficlets, where you publish bits of stories no longer than 1,024 characters. Great community for feedback, and anything put up there is protected by the Creative Commons License.

I write and not that many people read it. I like it better that way because I write for me, not for anybody else really. Eventually, I let people read some of the things that I write, but mostly it stays here on my computer and in my notebook. I think that if I want to share it eventually I have it available but i dont really feel like it now.

Hi friend, i like to be as secretive. I don't like to anybody's attention on my creation. Only once my creation published in any paper. That was our college magazine, poem about my own life. Everyone appreciate me and thereafter i am so called poet. thanks

Depends on the work and who I'd be sharing it with, and how well I think I wrote it, lol. I don't like to go back and read my own stuff, normally...so as to keep my perception of it from getting negative. But I talk about my works all the time, even if I don't share them. I do exercise caution and never share anything I don't think is good enough for someone to read, or if I haven't spoken with them about copyright. Most files keep a log of the dates they were modified..so I'm not terribly worried or anything about that.

I am pretty secretive about anything I write, mostly because when I write it's more stuff that I'd rather just stay with me. I've written some songs before, not great ones, but I rarely share them because they are way too personal and private to me. Maybe if I was going to copywrite them at some point and then record them, but at that point they would be better, because I wouldn't bother using something that wasn't really good. So yea, I am protective with almost any of my writing, especially if it's journaling and stuff. Some people I wouldn't mind reading my songs and stuff, but for the most part I am like you and very cautious!

it depends, for example, after a quarrel with my girlfriend or some close friends, I will write some complaints secretivly in my blog but for others except them, they can read my complaints freely. so in a word, I usually write secretive to those who i write and pubilc to those have nothing to with what i write

personaly i dont think tht my writings are tht good but i like to post them and leave it up to people to tell me wht they think. i tend to write poems more then anything else, and i've been told tht some of them are really good.

The only thing I share is my fan fiction over at Fan Fiction . net. I think half of my writting is crap. But, people seem to like it. So I hope they like my original fiction. The original stuff I keep really close because I am paranoid about someone stealing it.

I am not that secretive. I am proud of what I do, and when I request critiques, I really want them. As for copyrights, they are almost meaningless as it is, and the Government of the United States is preparing to eliminate all copyright protection (http://ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com/) called the Orphan Works Act. It is set to pass Congress withing the next several months and will remove all of your rights to works you create. You will have no recourse through the courts, because it will be law.

When I usually write. It's usually way to short or way to long. Another thing with me is that I end up using "lol" in alot of my like commenting posts and I find it to be very unprofessional.

I am quite secretive because I'm not so confident with my writings. I really feel the need to improve more and study more. Everyday is another day for us to improve and I am very positive that I will really show my writings in public in the future. Kudos.

i already self published my novel and i copyrighted it the cheap way, still in a sealed envelope in my file cabinet. i have excerpts from it on 2 of my websites and on bebo.com, but i used parts of it to tease people, not the whole thing to give it away. if anyone wants to steal it, i am not sure how they would use it in their book...their book would turn out totally different from my novel that it wouldnt make sense. no 2 book think alike and can create the same novel, not even twins. hollywood often twists the author book into their own movie that turns out different from the original novel.

OH, I so understand what you mean. I think it is the hardest thing for writers - those of us who are private and maybe shy, to let "everyone" see our inner most thoughts! Scary. But, then, if we want to become professional writers we need to find a way to do this. I'm still not sure I would put my writings (except blog type) out there where everyone can see. Especially if it is something I hope to sell, claim as mine. Because, yes, things get copied/stolen in that sense for sure.

I've always written for me. Never really thought of showing anyone. Of course, if I wanted to ever write a book, and make it so that the public knows, than of course. But I've never really shown my poems to anyone. As well as my writings.

althought, i am not a write ,i am glade to share my works with others. like the saying :"if you have a good idea,share it eith others ,there will be two ." because of poor english ,perhaps,i can't express myself . in a word ,i am fond of comunication with others by any way,such as writing, communicating and .....

i dont feel very confident about my wringt altough i enjoy writing