How much is too much?

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Wed, 11/18/2009 - 08:44

taunge

So, I'm working on a book. In it I am exposing my best friend (the REAL man) and all of his crimes, what he's been blamed of, and the real him and his history. And in it I am working in my own biography so that I can give the audience a second view into the world of our band, and my friend (it's all a twisted tale really). And in my bio-bits I do describe myself and my fetish in full detail. But how much is too much? I doubt that I'll be able to get it published anytime soon (I'm still gathering information on my mate and actually writing it), but I thought that if authors like Chuck Palahnuik are published (and followed at that!---not to knock him, I do like a couple books by him), but I'm just curious...

how much description is too much for something like this that (let's say the 'straight' world, ie, of the 'norm') the straight world would be able to follow?

and another thing. should i really care? (because...i sorta don't, actually....)

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 06:45

airtankgirl5

Um, wow.

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 14:36

taunge

airtankgirl5 wrote:

Um, wow.

that's helpful.

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:51

hfilled

For a so-called best friend, you really aren't doing him any favors by publishing all his crimes and in fact may be setting yourself up for legal action. You don't, you know, ask him first. "Hey John, I'm gonna write a tell-all book about you, mind if I include some of your more embarassing peccadilloes?"

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 20:34

taunge

hfilled wrote:

For a so-called best friend, you really aren't doing him any favors by publishing all his crimes and in fact may be setting yourself up for legal action. You don't, you know, ask him first. "Hey John, I'm gonna write a tell-all book about you, mind if I include some of your more embarassing peccadilloes?"

That would work, but he's dead by suicide... I suppose the book itself is more of a defense on his part, because somebody I knew had written a book about him, alas, it's all a bunch of tabloidesque lies.

Fri, 11/20/2009 - 02:43

darth_clone19

Im not following any of this.

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Fri, 11/20/2009 - 04:10

Anonymous

So somebody else already wrote a book about him?...

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 03:14

Inflate123

If it's about him, and you want to insert your own experiences in for context...how does your fetish fit into his life story?

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Thu, 11/26/2009 - 02:26

retrobane

I'm with Inflate123 here, it's not even a matter of inciting reader freakout, it just seems oddly self-serving to tell people about your fetish in a book.

Now, if you're talking about your friend's fetishes as well, then anything goes and it's not as out of place as it would seem. I suppose the fetish-related incident that landed you in the hospital could fit into such a book, though, but just laying out what it is seems odd. Narratives are good in non-textbooks.

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