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If you write a history, it will likely be of interest only to yourself (or as preparation for your book). That's not necessarily a reason not to write it. JRR Tolkien put years of effort into wor...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:33:39Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/18699 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Chris Sunami
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2019-12-08T04:33:39Z (almost 5 years ago)
If you write a history, it will likely be of interest only to yourself (or as preparation for your book). **That's not necessarily a reason not to write it**. JRR Tolkien put years of effort into world-building for his books, which is a key reason for their continued popularity. If you do go ahead and write your narrative now, **don't make the mistake of trying to cram all your research into the plot**. To paraphrase advice from the great SF author, Theodore Sturgeon (via Delany), your narrative will be richest when it is located in a fully imagined setting, but the only things that should make it onto the page are the thing that the characters actually notice and interact with.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-08-18T13:34:12Z (about 9 years ago)
Original score: 8