![]() ![]() It’s also hard to prove that a barrage of Facebook or blog posts are, say, harassment or even a form of Internet stalking, says Jacqueline Newman, the managing partner at a New York City matrimonial and divorce law firm. But those cases are rare because they’re hard to prove, says Swickle. For instance, if you call your ex a deadbeat dad who is behind on his child support payments, or an abusive alcoholic, and none of this is true - and he or she can prove it isn’t true - then you could be successfully sued for libel. Even if it affects your reputation, if it’s the truth, you can’t sue for it.”īut where you might get in trouble is if you lie, warns Swickle. “We have freedom of speech in this country. “You can call someone an idiot or a jerk, and you’re okay because it’s your opinion,” Swickle says. So if you use social media sites frequently, and you’re in the midst of breaking up a marriage, consider the following: “The Internet is a dangerous place to comment on your divorce.”Īccording to a 2010 survey conducted by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 81 percent of their members said that they had seen an increase in the number of cases using social networking evidence during the last five years. ![]() “You give up so much privacy, and if you don’t understand the consequences of it, you can really have problems,” says Adam Swickle, a divorce attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Divorce is an emotionally charged topic, but letting it all out in a public forum can lead you right into court, sued for libel or having a harsher judgment levied against you in a divorce settlement. For divorcing spouses, that may actually constitute legal advice in these days where Internet and social media sites have become a significant part of many people’s daily lives. What's your biggest roadblock between you and your story? Let us know in the comments.Aug 22 (Reuters) - The old maxim goes: If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. Be brave, fellow writer, and tell your story. If you read nothing else in this article, read this: get to work and tell your story. The ones who don't give up make good art. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” If you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it's normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.Ī lot of people never get past this phase. I wish someone told me: For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. Anyone can do it badly it's the folks who continue to study and practice who shine. It's the same as learning a musical instrument or excelling in a sport. Telling your story well can take time, and that's normal. Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, fantasy worlds or parenting blogs, your story - like fingerprints - is your own. No one has your experiences, dreams, hopes, and fears. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. ![]() Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. But the one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Most of us only find our own voices after we've sounded like a lot of other people. Do the stuff that only you can do. The urge, starting out, is to copy. Consider the advice of best-selling author Neil Gaiman:Īke your art. Your story matters because it is uniquely your own, and no one can tell it the way you can. Characters in books can actually make us feel less alone in our own daily life. I know how tired you are. I know some of you don't feel heard. I know some of you might fear you don't matter.Įveryone's experiences are unique, and as we share our stories, our perspectives, our take on world building and character development, we actually expand other people's understanding. Yet in spite of that - or maybe because of it - there's something you need to do: tell your story. Some years carry a heavier toll than others, and this is one of them. Here's why.įor a lot of us, this has been a rough year, a tiring year, a painful year. Instead of focusing on the mechanics of writing, I'm going to dive into something more important: you need to tell your story. Today's post is going to be a little different. ![]()
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