: 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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When you are developing characters for fiction, and particularly historical fiction, what kinds of resources do you find most helpful in establishing a distinctive voice?

Two suggestions I've heard have been:

looking for personal correspondence and diaries of real people who are substantially similar to your character (date, age, gender, place of origin, social status)
reading books, particularly fiction, published in the time period you wish to write about

What types of resources and primary sources are helpful for getting into historical character, and why?

I am particularly looking for sources to facilitate making characters' voices (in their direct speech, as well as their writing and thoughts) both distinctive and authentic to their historical context.

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