And once you send your story out into the world, you can't do anything about what happens to it.

This a very important point, yes yes yes. Because - okay, if you really want to keep it all private and Just For You, maybe you shouldn't publish it? (Or, dear GRRM, sell the movie rights, because do you think they'll do it exactly the way you want it done? No. Um. Not at ALL.)

It's like we say: once you put it on the internet, it's out there. Well, once you publish it, it's, yeah, out there. Deal. *nods firmly(