What should I do?!

[Benzie.stories]

I have this story that I’m working on and the first few episodes are based on a true story & it involves a girl who is a smoker and she talks about how much smoking helps her and all that, but I don’t want to write exactly that because it might make it seem like I’m encouraging drugs. I don’t know if it would be okay or…? What should I do?

[ThatRandomPerson]

I don’t think it would be okay.

[The_Corgi_Queen]

You could do a reader message explaining how you don’t encourage drugs or just put an authors note at the beginning.

[LiyahxWrites]

You definitely can’t put that out.
You can say that your character is smoking or doing drugs or whatever… but you can’t say “how much it helps her” because in a way you’re saying “you’re enjoying smoking”.

@ForumAdmin

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• No graphic / explicit / detailed descriptions or glorification of the use of drugs / alcohol.
• Characters can consume alcohol, tobacco or marijuana as well as make references to these drugs.
• Characters can make references to harder drugs (cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, etc.) but they cannot be depicted or consumed on screen.
• If a story references characters consuming these substances, it cannot be glorified or encouraged.
• Characters can be addicts or addicts can be referenced provided the representation is respectful, contextually appropriate and doesn’t glorify being an addict.

@Benzie.stories

I have this story that I’m working on and the first few episodes are based on a true story & it involves a girl who is a smoker and she talks about how much smoking helps her and all that

@The_Corgi_Queen

You could do a reader message explaining how you don’t encourage drugs or just put an authors note at the beginning.

Isn’t this consider contradicting yourself though?
I don’t think you should add that readerMessage saying that, I also don’t think you should make a story like that unless you follow those guidelines ^^

[Benzie.stories]

Okay, I can work around it & thanks!