How to Weave Historical Facts into Fiction – By Chris A. Bennett…
on New Shelves:
One of the questions I’m most often asked, as a writer of historical fiction is, “How do you do the research?” I was recently reading an interview with a non-fiction history writer who said he spends about three years on the research per book! Thankfully, the burden of research is not nearly as intense for fiction writers—his years are more like months for my work. As I like to tell people, us historical fiction writers are saved by the “F” word—no, not THAT “F” word—“F” as in Fiction! Our work doesn’t have to be exact and the perfect truth, it just has to be plausible and believable, and not violate the “rules” of reality in the time and location where the story takes place.