Historical Research power point

Two General Rules for Historical Fiction : Two General Rules for Historical Fiction Remember, you are a novelist, not a historian. As a novelist, your first duty is to tell a good story. Historical Fiction’s “Hippocratic Oath” ”First, Do no harm.”

Three R’s : Three R’s Research Restraint Relevance

What to research? : What to research? Setting Cha

When to lie? : When to lie? When to make stuff up? What does your story need to move forward? Do the facts “get in the way” of your story? (Do you need to reconsider your story?) First ask:

When to make stuff up? : When to make stuff up? Probability vs Plausibility or Possibility Real vs Realistic or Authentic Next, consider the following: