2007-07-22 15:16:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yes, Absolutely.
For Example, Lots of Movies are filmed in New York And The Books that Are based on the Movie Must mention the location.
And if you are writing autobiography, You can't just make up your city of your origin, Can you?
But What you can't do is mention an existing Address or phone #!!! That is "Disturbing of Privacy" of the person who really lives there, and exposing there life location to the Whole World and that's illegal!!!
I hope I have Been Useful to you!!! =D
2007-07-22 15:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mesrop J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course. A governing authority, like a city, town, county, etc., does not have an "identity" like a human being that is entitled to legal protection of privacy, slander avoidance and so on. As other persons said, it's done all the time.
That said, and just to look at your question in a slightly different way, the premise of your question is the role, if any, of a government-supported punitive judicial system, civil or criminal. But, in fact, in almost all non-military instances, the collective anger and retribution of the community is far more hurtful than any official laws. Here are just two authors that, to be sure, used pseudo names for towns, but, still, everyone knew where [and who] they were writing about, and they faced strong and abiding intense negative local reaction: Thomas Wolfe [Look Homeward, Angel], Grace Metalious [Peyton Place].
2007-07-22 15:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by Canebrake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are allowed to use real place names in a fictional work, just don't say or read them aloud
2007-07-22 15:20:49 · answer #3 · answered by rb_cubed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are allowed to use real names of countries, and cities in fiction.
2007-07-22 15:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, people do it all the time. The best fiction is based on real things.
2007-07-22 15:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by lilykdesign 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-07-22 15:20:12 · answer #6 · answered by The Squish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, but be sure to throw in some true facts about the town or city, just to make it more realistic and so that people can identify with it.
2007-07-22 15:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by night-owl gracie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. The only "rules" in writing are what you make. Anything goes, punctuation, spelling, form, etc. You can be as creative, or outlandish as you wish. However, if you are writing for publication, perhaps you should follow a few of them for salability.
2007-07-22 15:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, yeah, it makes the story easier to relate to, or at least, thats what i think... just, when u write about it, it may be wise to first find out how the town is set up, and the climate and blahdy blahdy blah all the other details of the town itself...
2007-07-22 15:26:03 · answer #9 · answered by Lydia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But you had better know a lot about the location.
2007-07-22 15:27:54 · answer #10 · answered by surffsav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋