A few years ago, I started a blog to finally start writing and have its content shared with others to read. It was March of 2021, a year after the pandemic started, and we were getting used to the frequency of staying at home, which meant more time to write.
There were many reasons why I wanted to write.
I was restless, and I gained some release by writing and posting online.
Maybe because I wanted to write articles that were useful to others, to influence, to document my ideas and views, and have it become an archive of my thoughts while letting it be accessible to anyone.
But the main motivation was to fill the yearning I had to create something of my own.
I was thinking about how in this world we have inventors, innovators, and we have writers.
And how their contributions or inventions are patented to their creators.
Then I found out that content creation in the form of writing is an intellectual property of the person who wrote it.
Not just fictional stories, factual exposition or newsletters, but blog post are also considered intellectual property.
Below is an excerpt from one of the sources that’s linked below.
“When you publish a blog post, your content is automatically protected by copyright law the moment it is created. This means that your written work, once published, is legally recognized as your intellectual property.“
I had already gained some satisfaction from posting my written articles on my personal blog and then on Medium for international viewers to read and engage in them.
With this added information on the content of blogs having its own copyright status, it gives an added boost to write and keep my personal blog active to capture and document these articles, journals that keep growing over the years.
And if ever there comes a time when external publications wants my content to be included in their platform or brand, it will need my consent, and intellectual property laws would apply.
That my personal content is protected.
That’s why I post a varied number of topics, be it from self-help, parenting, personal finance, work, and many about life and my perspectives on the seasons that we’re in.
I had previously avoided putting myself in a niche because I didn’t want to be boxed in to write on certain topics only, and I still don’t.
I may not be able to pen a best-selling novel or a popular self-help book, nor write a detailed exposé on the historical town I live in now.
But I write what I know and what can help others.
So I hope this post can encourage you to write too, be it about your life, your experiences and interests, shedding light on some personal topics, or maybe even short stories.
And have a blog to link it back to you, as your own intellectual property.