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Laurus's avatar

I have mixed feelings about it, personally, and I share your uncertainties. I wrote a piece last year inventing a character based on someone I met (a transit worker who I used to chat with on my commutes), and I tried to separate the character from the real person in various ways out of respect for privacy/good sense, but I still felt kind of dirty writing it. I don't want to violate anyone's privacy but also inspiration is inspiration—we unconsciously "steal" ideas from real-life people and events all the time.

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zoe banoža's avatar

the dirty feeling is real! but we're writers for a reason. artists are meant to capture life that's the whole point!! I'm telling myself haha

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Laurus's avatar

True that. and hey, when all else fails, you can always hit 'em with the "This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental."

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zoe banoža's avatar

lol exaaactly

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𝑀𝑖𝑚𝑖🐚✧˖°'s avatar

Will you give us the story you write too? Writers are makers of Truth and Lies, but we are most certainly also storytellers. Names are part of life, and when you know whom specific Jeremy you wrote about, we don't. <333 hope the story will be published !! good luck

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zoe banoža's avatar

Just finished this weekend! We’ll find out at the end of the month. I feel pretty solid about his identity being hidden which is good because it was clear writing it how much power I had over that “truth” … will share soon :) thanks for asking!

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zoe banoža's avatar

yeah and sometimes you don't have a lot of people in common to sniff it out

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zoe banoža's avatar

that’s sweet of you to say, thank you :)

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