Niggle by Leaf
Hello all, I've been spamming the Announcements forum here for a while, but have been drawn to lurk further around the board. All highly educational - not to mention, entertaining - for a talentless beginner like myself.
I have a newbie-style question that someone here might be able to answer. I have seen several web sites that advise writers not to make work that they intend to submit for publication available publicly on the web. I'm thinking of work that might be put up on a message board like this one, for comments and criticism. On the other hand, I see a lot of people ignoring this advice left, right and centre. Can anybody put me right as to what the risks are?
Thanks!
Niggle
P.S. no need to rush with an answer. I'm still only about a third of the way through the obligatory 1,000,000 words I need to churn out before I can tell whether there is any hope for me (or whether I should just take up knitting, instead).
I have a newbie-style question that someone here might be able to answer. I have seen several web sites that advise writers not to make work that they intend to submit for publication available publicly on the web. I'm thinking of work that might be put up on a message board like this one, for comments and criticism. On the other hand, I see a lot of people ignoring this advice left, right and centre. Can anybody put me right as to what the risks are?
Thanks!
Niggle
P.S. no need to rush with an answer. I'm still only about a third of the way through the obligatory 1,000,000 words I need to churn out before I can tell whether there is any hope for me (or whether I should just take up knitting, instead).