: Re: 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

I would suggest creating a character who threads his or her way along and connects disparate parts. This character could be anyone.

A cousin of mine donated a letter from a great aunt of his that was an account of the Halifax explosion. With such a scenario and a resource to draw from, one could create a character who might have been standing nearby and seen everything she did.

This character could go to others, offering assistance and comfort as houses turn into hospitals.

This character is the reader, experiencing it all as though first hand.

In the movie Titanic, they added characters to the story so they could have a love story aboard a doomed vessel.

It is a common practice.

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