\"Writing.Com
*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
BY ONLINE AUTHORS
Printed from https://writing.com/main/forums/message_id/1392963
Item Icon
\"Reading Printer Friendly Page Tell A Friend
(50)
Rated: 13+ · Message Forum · Writing · #980111
A sanctuary for weary writers, inky wretches, and aspiring professional novelists.
<< Previous  •  Message List  •  Next >>
Reply  •  Post New
Oct 28, 2006 at 7:10pm
#1392963
writing about people in real life
I'm in the middle of writing a story[some of it is on here] about some real life experiences I've been involved with and I was wondering what the limits are on how truthful the truth really is.

The reason I ask this is because I just finished reading Augusten Burroughs works Running With Scissors and Dry and I know he was sued big time for writing about real life incidents, that the ones included claimed he had slandered their family name.

One day I intend to have a novel published and want to include some of this within the story and wanted to know how much truth can actually be in the story? Must only names be changed?
MESSAGE THREAD
*Star*
writing about people in real life · 10-28-06 7:10pm
by unknowndreamer Author IconMail Icon
Re: writing about people in real life · 10-28-06 11:35pm
by Liam Jackson Author IconMail Icon

The following section applies to this forum item as a whole, not this individual post.
Any feedback sent through it will go to the forum's owner, Liam Jackson.
Printed from https://writing.com/main/forums/message_id/1392963