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Q&A Basing fiction on personal life

Considering that many of those threads from your life probably also involved other people, another pitfall is that someone else might recognize himself in your book and not like what you write abou...

posted 11y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T09:04:46Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:53:48Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:53:48Z (about 5 years ago)
Considering that many of those threads from your life probably also involved other people, another pitfall is that someone else might recognize himself in your book and not like what you write about "him". If he's too recognizable, it might even get you in legal trouble.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-06-02T00:05:50Z (over 11 years ago)
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