I'm writing my first novel and am starting to share my hook with people. The follow-up question is almost always, "So, can I assume that happened to you?" Um, NO!
I have had readers think they knew who was who. It is fun and flattering when writers make it seem so real. Means we are doing something right, I think.
I’ve only ever dabbled in writing fiction, but I feel like this would confuse me. Like, I’d conflate the two - the real person and the made up one. Was that an issue for you at all?
I'm bracing myself. My book is MG fantasy, but I've already had it pointed out to me that two of my character names are too similar to characters in OTHER fantasies. Oy.
Wow, that's hilarious, lol. I wonder if I'll get comments like that about mine, since it's set at a summer camp that has *some* similarities to one we went to during the school year, even though it's an absolute work of fiction.
I was told by my publisher not to write a memoir....I know (knew) too many famous people, and they will sue me if I reveal some of the truths of my interactions with them. So I'm sticking to fiction...for the moment, at least.
I love this: "Mom: I didn’t know all that was going on…"
😂
My mom "sees herself" in everything I've ever written lmao
Better than seeing YOU in all the awful people like my mom 😂
No you are not wrong using names you know! Names are tethered to places and time and make a book believable.
This is exactly why I did it!
I'm writing my first novel and am starting to share my hook with people. The follow-up question is almost always, "So, can I assume that happened to you?" Um, NO!
nov·el
noun
a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
Yes this…..
I have had readers think they knew who was who. It is fun and flattering when writers make it seem so real. Means we are doing something right, I think.
Ohhh I like this take!
I’ve only ever dabbled in writing fiction, but I feel like this would confuse me. Like, I’d conflate the two - the real person and the made up one. Was that an issue for you at all?
Interesting! No, not at all!!
I'm bracing myself. My book is MG fantasy, but I've already had it pointed out to me that two of my character names are too similar to characters in OTHER fantasies. Oy.
Oh pshaw!
Wow, that's hilarious, lol. I wonder if I'll get comments like that about mine, since it's set at a summer camp that has *some* similarities to one we went to during the school year, even though it's an absolute work of fiction.
100% you will!! (I bet)
Well, I really exaggerated it and added a murder mystery, so I can definitely have some fun with people who ask questions. LOL
Yep same lol
I use my nephew's names as fun Easter eggs for them in my book...I hope people don't think Pip my nephew is really a tarantula lol.
Girl, they might.
I was told by my publisher not to write a memoir....I know (knew) too many famous people, and they will sue me if I reveal some of the truths of my interactions with them. So I'm sticking to fiction...for the moment, at least.
But… my book IS fiction.
But it’s never all fiction or it wouldn’t be relatable.
Hmmm