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Q&A Will traditional publishers force you to remove brands?

Using a real-life brand or famous name actually subtracts from your story. If you invent your own world-class practitioner, you can hype him as the world's best, better than your real life one, un...

posted 6y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-19T22:13:26Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:02:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T09:02:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
Using a real-life brand or famous name actually subtracts from your story.

If you invent your own world-class practitioner, you can hype him as the world's best, better than your real life one, unknown to any but the extremely rich, or the up and coming rival of your RL guy. Your RL guy will be beaten someday, by death or a rival or changing styles.

Your fictional world champion need never die. And you'd have to explain the fame either way for readers that do not keep up with who's hot and who's not in business fashion.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-06-06T14:56:50Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 20