This is a similar theme among writers – particularly screenwriters. Years ago, when I was in film school, there were a number of writers I met who had the same type of ‘protection’ mindset. They were paranoid about having their ideas stolen.

Over the years I’ve learned that my ideas aren’t nearly as valuable as my accomplishments. Plus, none of us are as original as we would like to think! We all get a lot of input from news, television, radio, the Internet, and other sources which stimulate ours (and countless thousands of others) creativity.

In the case of creative works, ideas are not protectable – only specific expressions of ideas. If you want to be known as the originator, you need to move fast, produce and release.

Great post,

Andrew Seltz
The Go-To Guy!
http://www.AndrewSeltz.com