How do you fill in the gaps of a history that hasn't been written about too much? Do you ever do interviews with people to get a better sense of a time in history? I'm trying to figure out the best way to make my novel a realistic story of war. I have interviewed people on this topic when I was a journalist, but now that I'm trying to write fiction, I feel like there are just gaps in my knowledge. I don't really want to guess, but I'm having trouble finding answers to some of my questions. I don't know if hearing someone else's story could help me figure out my own.
This is a project I've had on the back burner for a bit, mostly because I was starting to feel a little stuck. I know the facts around the time in history I am writing about and have done quite a bit of world traveling to better understand where and how these things took place. Other than interviewing or just talking to people that lived through this or are experts, I'm not sure how to make my story ring true for my future readers.
For example, part of my story takes place at an elementary school. I have seen pictures of this school, but to me it really doesn't look like a school anymore, and I'm not sure it ever did. I got some feedback on this chapter and was told I should describe the school. But I almost feel silly asking someone who lived through this incident to tell me what the school looked like or about when it closed, knowing that this was a horrible tragedy. I guess I am trying to use real events and want to be accurate even though the actual story and my characters are complete fiction.
So, how do you fill in the gaps when writing historical fiction? How do you find out everything you can in order to accurate? This is something I really struggle with. I think it's very important to be accurate with this story. It's kind of a controversial subject, and I'm nervous about getting it right.
How do you build up your knowledge of historical events for writing your novel?
This is a project I've had on the back burner for a bit, mostly because I was starting to feel a little stuck. I know the facts around the time in history I am writing about and have done quite a bit of world traveling to better understand where and how these things took place. Other than interviewing or just talking to people that lived through this or are experts, I'm not sure how to make my story ring true for my future readers.
For example, part of my story takes place at an elementary school. I have seen pictures of this school, but to me it really doesn't look like a school anymore, and I'm not sure it ever did. I got some feedback on this chapter and was told I should describe the school. But I almost feel silly asking someone who lived through this incident to tell me what the school looked like or about when it closed, knowing that this was a horrible tragedy. I guess I am trying to use real events and want to be accurate even though the actual story and my characters are complete fiction.
So, how do you fill in the gaps when writing historical fiction? How do you find out everything you can in order to accurate? This is something I really struggle with. I think it's very important to be accurate with this story. It's kind of a controversial subject, and I'm nervous about getting it right.
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