Well... | Printing stories, starting fresh, etc.

The last 12 hours have been a major whirlwind for me as a writer on here, honestly. I came on and updated something for the first time in weeks, and was incredibly happy to do so, only to have someone message me an hour later to tell me they think someone plagiarized my fic, to that being true and going through all of that drama. Sorry for the plethura of plagiarism blogs, but it was... really difficult to go through, so like always, I turned to AFF to vent and ask for help.

Having this happened rocked me a bit, and I want to... I don't know. I can't get rid of the feeling of wanting to scream. I want to quit and start all over, to be honest. But, I'm too attached to what I've done to say goodbye to it, so it's like... wtf am I supposed to do?

Just... yeah.

I'm not sure if I'll take FSOJ down, but I put up a poll in the event that I do, to see if anyone would be interested in ordering a printed copy of it (I wouldn't make a profit, in fact I'd probably come out of pocket for it) since a part of me feels like I'd be punishing the people who didn't do anything wrong. You can check out the latest chapter of FSOJ for more info on that, and vote here, if you want to.

I've already been struggling with wanting to stay on AFF for well over half a year now. I've stayed because I love writing and sharing on here so much, and I don't want to say goodbye. But, now I feel at an even worse loss.

I know I'm not the only one to ever be plagiarised, and that I won't be the last either, but for every author, it's personal.

I want to start over, but I'm not sure how to. If I take down my stories, I want there to still be some way for you guys to access them, but at the same time, not easily. 

I don't know...

Maybe I'll just move everything over to wattpad...

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KiannaAlexis3 #1
I have a suggestion! In the editing section, you can disallow text selection. This prevents people from being able to copy and paste your stories, but they could always retype it....
aurorahwa
#2
if you're moving to wattpad can I have your username? I really love your stories ; A ;