We live in a sue happy world these days. Everyone is suing everyone else over matters big and small alike. It is a dangerous world for writers now a day because of this. As a writer you must be careful not to misrepresent or misquote someone. God forbid you do not obtain their permission to include them in your work first. If you are guilty of any of the mentioned you can consider yourself one sued author. As an author you are held accountable for being fair and true to all your subjects. I find the best way to avoid any legal ramifications is to simply stick to the truth and nothing but the truth. The pressure writers are under these days does not only come from the legal system.
As the times continue to move forward and become more open so have authors. Authors are pushing the envelope further and further when it comes to their content. They are writing about the scandalous, indecent and outrageous nothing is off limits. As Authors continue to write about increasingly controversial matters they find themselves being put under immense pressure by their subjects. Nobody wants to be exposed or humiliated so people look for any way possible to get back at the author, whether it be through the legal system or not.
Many authors write about private family matters these days as well. Some authors do not bother get permission from their family members beforehand either; perhaps they do not feel they need to. I can’t imagine there is a worse way to find that your private family matters have been shared with the world than having to read them yourself. I think that an author should get permission from everyone weather their family or not before they write about them. The best way to avoid any hot water or sticky situations is to let the people you write about read your work before you publish it. If they do not like the way that they are portrayed then the author should fix it. It’s the author’s responsibility to be as true as possible to his or her subjects.
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