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katie02 commented on the post, 3 Tips for Writing Your First Historical Fiction Novel 3 years, 8 months ago
One thing I’m struggling with in trying to write my first historical fiction work is this… how do you develop individual character voice when they’re originally speaking another language? I’m translating over some idioms and such used at that time in their culture, but I’m really struggling at diversifying the character voices enough to where you…[Read more]
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katie02 started the topic Breaking Stereotypes in the forum Characters 4 years ago
Hey hey!
I’m needing some help. I’ve got a character in my historical fiction WIP – a German grandmother in the 1930s, and my mind blanks out when it comes to developing her as a character. Every time I try, she becomes way too stereotypical (i.e. in the opening scene all I can think of her doing is knitting, lol 🤦🏻♀️).
Any ideas are wel…[Read more]
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katie02 replied to the topic How have you made your characters more realistic? in the forum Characters 4 years, 4 months ago
@gbfruitbat Yay, I’m not the only one! 🙂
Thanks for your input! No, not fantasy, but historical fiction. I’m a history nerd, lol. My WIP begins in 1933, pre-war Berlin and follows the Nazi rise to power and then WW2 through the eyes of this family. Here’s kind of the synopsis of those 3 characters, and perhaps this will help you tell me if it’s…[Read more]
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katie02 started the topic How have you made your characters more realistic? in the forum Characters 4 years, 4 months ago
What are your favorite ways in which you’ve made your characters more life-like?
One of my favorites has been brainstorming the character motivators for both the main protagonist and all the side characters. I’m super passionate about giving each side character their own backstory, motivations, personality type, quirks, list of traits in other…[Read more]
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katie02 started the topic Character Responses in the forum Characters 4 years, 4 months ago
Hey everyone!
I’m sure I’m not the only one who puts their character in a certain scene, and then is at a loss as to how they would respond. Please tell me I’m not. 🙂
I’m having a hard time figuring out how one would respond to this situation in real life. Everything I come up with sounds ridiculous. How would you respond if this happened to…[Read more]
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katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself 4 years, 10 months ago
@lonathecat… sorry I’m just now seeing this! I’ve been really discouraged in my recent writing of this book and have taken a break from it, but seeing these comments make me want to get back to writing it! So thank you!
Favorite historical time period? Yikes! That’s hard. Perhaps Reformation times and the World Wars. Really all of history. I…[Read more]
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katie02 replied to the topic Help with historical mystery fiction in the forum Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I do read a lot of books written in the 1800s and early 1900s, and that’s kind of become my style. 🙂 I don’t know if it’s annoying to most modern day readers, but I was hoping since the book was set in that historical era, that people’d be okay with it.
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katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Thanks @erynne! That’s really, really good to hear! It’s been a fun one to write… but the projected length is 100,000 words. And I’m only 17,000 in! So I’ll be working on it for awhile, lol.
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katie02 replied to the topic Help with historical mystery fiction in the forum Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
@claire-h WOW, thanks so much! This was super helpful.
I think one of my problems was that the Frys where so entertaining that I didn’t want to make light of the guy being shot and missing, and I overcompensated on the melodrama, whoops. I toned them both down a little now. I do want the story to be somewhat realistic, although I do have a fairly…[Read more]
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katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
@erynne Good on you for actually sticking to just one! I have several pieces of stories that I work on, but I will only let myself work on one major one at a time.
Thanks! I’d love the feedback. I’ll post the revised first chapter and tag you so you can read it.
A fantasy? That’s awesome!
My favorite authors would have to be EDEN Southworth and…[Read more]
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katie02 replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Thanks, Claire!
Yep, it has to do with my age. Your story sounds quite fascinating!
Thank you so much for reading my first chapter!
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katie02 started the topic Hello everyone! in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Hey everyone!
I’m an older teenage writer who has been scribbling little bits of stories on paper ever since I can remember. I LOVE historical fiction… and that’s what I love to write. However, I have a very bad habit of starting too many stories. Currently I have one serious WIP (that I really plan to finish): it’s set in a miner’s town in…[Read more]
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katie02 started the topic Help with historical mystery fiction in the forum Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
Hey y’all!
I’m brand new here but I’ve been writing for quite a few years now… never finished any WIPs, but this time I’m bound and determined to. However, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in reading my “introduction” and first chapter. I honestly am not sure if I like it or if it is intriguing enough for readers to want to…[Read more]
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katie02 joined the group Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
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