NO!
There are two reasons why people copyright their manuscripts:
1. To show that they are serious writers.
2. To prevent their hard work from being stolen.
Why shouldn't I get my work Copyrighted then?
1. If you are trying to show that you are a serious writer, do it with your professional cover letter and manuscript. That's all you need.
2. We all know that you worked very had and don't want your work to be stolen. First, a self-respecting professional publishing house will never, never, never, never steal your work. But to prevent this from happening, be sure to save all your drafts of your manuscript on the computer. When you do this, the computer automatically stores it with a date. When you have a major revision to make, create a new file. This is great for two reasons. The first is that it allows you to look over the creative process of your work, but it also shows the development over time of your ideas so that if they should ever be stolen, you'll have a good body of evidence to back up your claim. However, this is really unlikely.
But the biggest reason why you shouldn't get your manuscript copyrighted is because once you do, it is like setting it in stone. Once you have copyrighted your work, if you want to make any kind of revision, your must get a new copyright for it. And creating a manuscript involves quite a lot of revising. Even more, once a publisher does accept it, there is still more revising to do. If you have already copyrighted your first draft, that's a lot more copyrights you'll have to get. Save yourself the trouble. After all, it will be copyrighted when published and that is the only time you want it to be copyrighted.
1. If you are trying to show that you are a serious writer, do it with your professional cover letter and manuscript. That's all you need.
2. We all know that you worked very had and don't want your work to be stolen. First, a self-respecting professional publishing house will never, never, never, never steal your work. But to prevent this from happening, be sure to save all your drafts of your manuscript on the computer. When you do this, the computer automatically stores it with a date. When you have a major revision to make, create a new file. This is great for two reasons. The first is that it allows you to look over the creative process of your work, but it also shows the development over time of your ideas so that if they should ever be stolen, you'll have a good body of evidence to back up your claim. However, this is really unlikely.
But the biggest reason why you shouldn't get your manuscript copyrighted is because once you do, it is like setting it in stone. Once you have copyrighted your work, if you want to make any kind of revision, your must get a new copyright for it. And creating a manuscript involves quite a lot of revising. Even more, once a publisher does accept it, there is still more revising to do. If you have already copyrighted your first draft, that's a lot more copyrights you'll have to get. Save yourself the trouble. After all, it will be copyrighted when published and that is the only time you want it to be copyrighted.
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