Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction
Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction by Emma Darwin, published by Mobius on May 24, 2016, is a comprehensive guide aimed at aspiring writers interested in crafting stories set in the past. This 224-page book provides practical advice on the intricacies of writing historical fiction, helping authors navigate research, plot development, and character creation. With a focus on building confidence and sparking creativity, it serves as a resource for anyone looking to explore this diverse genre.
Readers will find various tools designed to enhance their writing process, including Snapshots to encourage quick writing, Key Ideas to clarify thoughts, and supplementary materials to support their journey. The book emphasizes the importance of researching and planning stories, developing authentic characters and settings, and capturing the voices of different eras. As part of the Teach Yourself Creative Writing series, this edition aims to equip writers with the skills needed to transport readers to another time through engaging narratives.
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Do you have a compelling vision for a story set in the past? Are you inspired by novelists such as Alan Furst and Philippa Gregory? Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction is designed for anyone who wants to write in this exciting and wide-ranging genre of fiction, whatever your favorite style and era.
Designed to build your confidence and help fire up creativity, this book is an essential guide to mastering the practicalities of writing historical fiction, showing you where to start with research, developing your plots, and convincingly and imaginatively capturing the voices of the past.
Using Snapshots designed to get you writing quickly, Key Ideas to help crystallize thought, and a wealth of supplementary materials, this indispensable guide will have you telling amazing and rich historical stories in no time. You’ll learn to research and plan your story, practice developing characters and settings, perfect your characters’ voices, and transport the reader to another era.
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The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their stories. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels to illustrated children’s books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises, and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community, at tyjustwrite.com, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.
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