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advice on writing and publishing a book about my life?

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  • 06-11-2012 2:20pm
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    clarbar
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭


    Hi guys I am currently writing a book at the moment its based on my life but I want it to be fiction? Its hard to explain but my life is actually unbelievable so many things have happened in the last 22 years its like a mad film. I want to write a book but I have dark deep secrets that I don't want anyone to guess the book is actually based on my life. If anyone can give advice that would be great and also advice on then getting it published thanks


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    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    What do you mean you want it to be fiction? You want people to think it's fiction? You could publish under a pseudonym?


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    clarbar
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭clarbar


    hmmmm if I do under a pseudonym do I still get royalties? yes I want people to think its fiction , if I told the truth and said it was about my life I would be afraid incase of what people thought there is some serious stuff going to be in this book


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    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    Course yeah, plenty of books are published under false names, half the fantasy books I read must be pennames. That's stuff you work out with the publisher


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    EileenG
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    You can write the story, change the names and call it fiction. However, you need to be careful, because in a memoir an absolute defence to accusations of something being unbelieveable is, "It happened and I have these witnesses to verify that it happened."

    If you are writing a novel, then everything to make sense and be relevent to the story. Saying, "I can include it because it really happened" is no longer a defence.

    Of course, if you just want to write it to have the story of your life, do it whatever way you like. But if you want to publish it, you have to have a structure, beginning, middle, ending, climax and resolution. Plus perfect spelling and grammar.


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    echo beach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭echo beach


    EileenG wrote: »
    Of course, if you just want to write it to have the story of your life, do it whatever way you like. But if you want to publish it, you have to have a structure, beginning, middle, ending, climax and resolution. Plus perfect spelling and grammar.

    There's always a catch isn't there.:)


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