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The big question here is whether you want an old-fashioned style, which is relatively superficial, or whether you want to emulate older modes of story-telling at a deeper, structural level.

If it's the first, all you really need to do is avoid anything that feels conspicuously modern, emulate period sensibilities, and sprinkle it with a light dusting of period language and details. That's enough for it to be fun and engaging, without it getting too annoying. Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell was a very successful work largely in this mode.

If it's the latter, keep in mind the result may not seem old at all --it may even seem startlingly fresh and new. Because using very old modes of storytelling IS innovative.

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