Periagoge
Scenario

When your novel might hurt people you know

I wrote this novel about my hometown and now I am afraid to publish it because everyone I grew up with will know exactly who every character is based on

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The writer's obligation to truth collides with the human duty to kindness when fiction threatens to expose private wounds.

Your guide for this
Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The novel — form and possibility?”

Peri

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