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: How to write a novel which is taking place entirely in a foreign country, with foreign culture and foreign characters? How to write a novel which is taking place entirely in a foreign country,
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: Using minimal amount of dialogue to introduce two characters but still move the story along I have always struggled with writing dialogue between my characters in my historical fiction novel.
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: Main Character Death I have a main character out of 3 main characters in a Historical Fiction book. His name is Darius. I have planned for him to die in a POW camp during WW1, this will
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: Replacing a historical figure with a fictional one In a fiction novel with a strong historical foundation, can you replace a public figure with a fictional one? For instance, replacing the mayor
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: How can I make the premise of e.g. a short story more real? As far as my motivation in writing goes, I have long been frustrated about historical fiction I’ve read where the main character
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: How to call a paper or book holding charms/incantation/magic formula? Hope the title is clear enough. I'm also looking for any vocabulary related to the act of writing magic ( 'runes' as a
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: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using 'third person POV' for historical fiction? I am starting to write my second book which is historical fiction. I had written my first book in
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: Transitions in a Story I’m writing a historical fiction story set in the 1800s; the family has to move a lot when the protagonist is younger due to financial reasons, and the siblings often
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: Writing Historically accurate diversity vs. Telling someone else's story I am writing a story that takes place in a period of heavy political tension. It is a fictional world, but based off
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: How much "throat-clearing," or introduction and exposition, is acceptable to introduce a narrator? I am writing Historical Fiction Novel. A Reporter is interviewing a Centenarian who narrates the
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: How to Avoid Personal Biases when writing Historical Fiction I am writing Historic Fiction novel with the decades leading to 1947 Partition and bloody aftermath as backdrop. British Raj was divided
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: How much can we alter History when writing Historical Fiction I am writing Historical Fiction novel. I wish to add sub-plot based on actual events. However the sub-plot I add may not be consistent
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: How to NOT get sad when writing I am writing historical fiction novel. Some parts are very sad. I am identifying with my characters to develop and write about them. How to move past the sadness
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: Will including maps at the end of my novel keep readers engaged? I am writing a fictional historical novel. The setting is in another part of the world, nearly 100 years ago. I would wish
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: How to Attribute Poem (written by someone else) in Novel I am writing historical fiction. I am contemplating my character to compose a poem that was actually composed by someone in India, likely
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: Should Person Write Query Letter and Synopsis in Chronological Order Even Though Story is Told in Pieces I am attempting to write my first novel, a historical fiction. To help focus my story,
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: Word Count Historical Fiction for Adults I am writing Historical Fiction for Adults. What is the acceptable word limit. Some places say 80K to 100K Others say 150K If it matters, I plan to
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: Who are some people (or well-known fictional characters) that drew a lot of media attention in 18th/19th century Europe/US? Suppose someone is suddenly exposed to a barrage of media attention
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: What genre would a fictional eyewitness account of a real historical event fall under? I've written a short story about a true historical incident which involves a very famous person in history.
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: Is there a difference between historical fiction and creative non-fiction? I have seen two similar terms, historical fiction and creative non-fiction. I'm writing some stories that are set during
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: Including a real event in a story I was thinking about writing a short story depicting a real event that took place over 2000 years ago. I'm not using any real person, but I am using the
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: What types of resources and primary sources are helpful for getting into historical character? When you are developing characters for fiction, and particularly historical fiction, what kinds of
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: Where to find primary sources for getting into historical character? (voicing) What sites, libraries, or other organizations have strong, easy-to-browse collections of letters, diaries, and other
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: Will I get into trouble if I included some real life historical characters in my historical fiction / alternate history novel? I'm planning on writing a story set in the past with some historical
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: How do I stop my characters falling in love? So I'm writing a short story based in a WW2 American military base camp stationed in Germany. It's about A Jewish Soviet soldier that, with the
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: How to help the reader wrestle through historical atrocities which would be considered normal to the POV character I'm writing historical fiction which is set in ancient China. My MC is a historical
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: Any advice on creating fictional locations in real places when writing historical fiction? I am currently working on a historical fiction novel set during the tail end of the Harlem Renaissance,
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: What are some good historical sources for writing medieval battles? This question popped into my mind after criticizing the strategic choices in a recent episode of a famous fantasy television
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: Is it okay to majorly distort historical facts while writing a fiction story? Suppose A is a famous historical character with a known history of emotional attachment with a particular set of
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: Showing mass murder in a kid's book Galastel did a spin off question based on one of mine. Mortal danger in mid-grade literature. And hers has spurred a new one for me. This is an issue I've
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: Dialect resources for early/mid 20th Century Midwestern American speech I'm setting the book I'm writing in the 1900s ~ 1950s, in the central states of the US: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and
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: Should we avoid writing fiction about historical events without extensive research? I was thinking about writing about the Holocaust, but I am not sure if it's a good idea since I am not sure
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: Should I write a companion book/blog? As a spinoff to this question: Incorporating research and background: How much is too much? I'm writing a middle-grade fantasy novel with a historical fiction
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: Incorporating research and background: How much is too much? The amount of research I'm doing for my novel is staggering. To the point where my spouse says I need to write a companion book
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: Is it possible to narrate a novel in a faux-historical style without alienating the reader? One thing that often annoys me in historical fiction or fantasy books is the dissonance between the
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: Fictionalizing firsthand accounts from history? I am currently in the research phase of writing my first novel that is based on a true historical event. Having obtained a ton of sources in more
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: How do I respectfully write black characters in a 1930s Arizona setting? I'm writing a cartoon script aimed at a children/young-adult audience (similar to the audience of Steven Universe, Gravity
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: Crafting an organic female platonic relationship There has been a story in me for quite a while. It is of two girls, set in a feudal/medieval era. They met as children. One is a antisocial
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: How do you make characters relatable if they exist in a completely different moral context? Usually when I read books in ancient-like settings (settings that are either in real ancient civilizations
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: Writing a coherent alt-history universe I have a problem writing my alt-history story. It's a story about basically World War I. Yet, I wish not to convey ideas of the time, like how which
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