: Re: How should I write an autobiography if some elements are illegal? Lets say that I wanted to write an autobiography but some elements of my life (particularly relevant to certain choice) are

@Twilah982

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Isn’t that what pseudonyms are essentially for?
Otherwise write it as a fiction novel.
But if you really want your real name to be attached to a true story... well, who would bother prosecuting you? You think that law enforcement officers have nothing better to do than comb through memoirs to find evidence of illegal activities?
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Of course if your book becomes a bestseller, a young prosecutor may want to try to go after you to hitch on the celebrity bandwagon, or if your crime is very serious and would involve a homicide investigation or the FBI interest, then no don’t write it, or at least get it published posthumously...
But chances are nobody would care anyways.
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In your situation since the crime seems serious better not write it...
Anyways who reads autobiographies?
Not to be negative, but if you are not in a very unique situation, or a unique person like a Geisha, or lived something truly extraordinary, or famous already...
I can’t see more than a few dozen people, if that, ever reading it if you publish it online.
If the writing itself is cathartic, or would help you figure things out, then write it for yourself and don’t publish it, or do a vanity publication
I think it is better if you took some of those elements that shaped you and integrated them in purely fictional works like most authors do.

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