http://www.annastan.com/2010/01/guest-post-writing-historical-fiction/ Author of Books for Children and Young Adults Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:11:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.annastan.com/2010/01/guest-post-writing-historical-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Christine Fletcher Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:54:32 +0000 http://www.annastan.com/?p=1479#comment-1097 Excellent post, Alisa. I don't have patience to do all the research first, either; I do enough to get started (clothes, timeline, general living conditions) then dive in to the writing. The writing tells me what I need to research next. The best is when I find something completely unexpected that fills a need in the story. The hardest is deciding what details to keep, and what to leave out (even if I find them personally fascinating!) Excellent post, Alisa. I don’t have patience to do all the research first, either; I do enough to get started (clothes, timeline, general living conditions) then dive in to the writing. The writing tells me what I need to research next. The best is when I find something completely unexpected that fills a need in the story. The hardest is deciding what details to keep, and what to leave out (even if I find them personally fascinating!)

]]> http://www.annastan.com/2010/01/guest-post-writing-historical-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Nandini Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:26:36 +0000 http://www.annastan.com/?p=1479#comment-1092 Great tips, Alisa. Historicals <i>can</i> be like high fantasy to write as far as world building. Not sure if they're easier (there could be tons of info available on the period) or harder (you're stuck with the specifics of the period and can't make stuff up). I just finished a ya historical last year (out on sub now, fingers crossed) and am trying to get started on a ya historical fantasy. Need to get away from the research and notes and into the writing, so this is a good post to read today! Great tips, Alisa. Historicals can be like high fantasy to write as far as world building. Not sure if they’re easier (there could be tons of info available on the period) or harder (you’re stuck with the specifics of the period and can’t make stuff up). I just finished a ya historical last year (out on sub now, fingers crossed) and am trying to get started on a ya historical fantasy. Need to get away from the research and notes and into the writing, so this is a good post to read today!

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