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Are none of you concerned about the contract's 'Right of Refusal'?
I'm looking whether to write on WN, and the posts have been really helpful. But I saw on this WriterBeware site that this place has some shady contract.
You have to hand over your IP, so they own your story. Then they also have first dibs on ANYTHING you write in the future.
Regarding the Right of Refusal: It says 'one year' period, but it says if you don't create anything in that one year (you wait it out), then your next work is eligible...
Basically once you sign a contract on WebNovel, you can't really publish ANYWHERE else without their persmission.
You can't go indie. You can't go traditional publishing. You can't go to another website... nothing.
Did I get it wrong or is that referring to an old contract?
u/ChallengeCheap9965 — 8 days ago