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7 rules for writing historical fiction

By Elizabeth Crook
Published: April 28, 2006
We grow up being told to "write" what we "know," but history is the unknown. You have to learn almost everything about a period and the social customs just to get your characters out of their beds (or off of their skins) and feed them breakfast. Rule #1: Sweat the small stuff.
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