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Unit 4 Video Summaries (Historical Fiction (When writing historical…
Unit 4 Video Summaries
Historical Fiction
When writing historical fiction, one must remember that regardless of their time period and their extensive research, they must focus on writing fiction first and historical fiction second.
Historical details enrich historical fiction, but adding details just to include them can ruin a realistic fiction paper or book because action and conflict is what moves a story forward.
Historical fiction pieces should avoid sounding like history lessons. Educating the reader might be necessary, but it is best to educate them through action.
Historical fiction pieces should not resemble history books because that can cause you to lose your reader.
Writing in first person can annoy readers and come across as being self-absorbed. Unless an author is writing in the form of a letter or journal, one must be sure that any first-person character has a good reason to be telling the story.
Readers typically do not like characters who notice themselves or seem overly aware of how others perceive them.
Prior to writing historical fiction, one must do plenty of research to ensure that they are knowledgable about the particular time time that they are addressing.
Some historical fiction books that I would choose to incorporate in my class would be Number the Stars, Henry's Freedom Box, and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.
Realistic Fiction
Fiction about real life
Realistic children's fiction features kids with real problems solved in a realistic manner in a real-world setting.
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