[stylist] Using Names of People You Know When Writing

[Sherry Gomes]

You can definitely use names of people you know. I know for a fact that Stephenie Meyer used first names of a number of her own family members in her Twilight series. I mean, there are so many names, and it would be impossible to copyright a name.



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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 6:15 PM
To: Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Using Names of People You Know When Writing

Well, Vejas, beogically there's no way to block the use of names. If that were the case, nobody could write anything. There are lots of people that have a mi.le, or nickname.Y could use mine. There are lots of people in the phone book with similar or same names.    Debby

On Oct 27, 2016 12:55 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi, 
> One of my friends once told me that it violates copyright to  use the names of people you know in your writing, so it would not be legal if I wanted to write a story with characters named Bridgit, Chris, Jackie and Lynda, for example. Do you know  if this is true? 
> I know that if I actually wanted to write about a writing group similar to Stylist and have characters similar to yours, I would change the names. 
> Vejas 
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