Expressing your thoughts through words and posting them online to gain readers is fun, but waking up to see your own work stolen by someone with a higher number of followers while using the same music isn’t fun at all.
Yes, I’m an underrated writer with only a few readers and also someone who wishes to expand my audience. Seeing the progress of my work gaining readers day by day is already an achievement. I’ve reached a point where I don’t have to ask people to read my works because readers come eventually—and they actually enjoy the pieces I’ve written.
Di ko lang naisip na someone will have the interest to copy my piece, and wala akong masyadong habol kasi those works are newly written and not registered under my name as a registered writer (kasi di ako nag-renew sa NBDB haha!).
Tapos sa app pa na bias masyado HAHA! Therefore, I will no longer post my works on Wattpad and TikTok. I’ll keep them to myself na lang and will release them once they’re published as a physical book. Famous or not, with plenty of readers or none, I’ll publish them for the sake of having rights para may habol ako sa works if ever. Yes, I want my works to be famous, but I also want to have complete rights over what I write.
I’m not posting this for clout but to raise awareness, especially to my fellow underrated writers, to be careful with what you post. Baka paggising mo, nakapublish na ang works mo but with a different writer.