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Q&A How can I write about historical realities that readers mistakenly believe are unrealistic?

You're in luck. People tend to believe self-consistent and emotionally satisfying stories over facts! So you have nothing to worry about. Apart from writing a good story, which of course is the har...

posted 6y ago by user2705196‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:27:14Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/37808
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar user2705196‭ · 2019-12-08T09:27:14Z (over 4 years ago)
You're in luck. People tend to believe self-consistent and emotionally satisfying stories over facts! So you have nothing to worry about. Apart from writing a good story, which of course is the hard part... Ask any scientist about how hard it is to spread scientific findings in the presence of an alternative but objectively wrong narrative (e.g. vaccines, homeopathy etc).

On a personal note, after reading historical fiction I often notice how almost all my pre-story notions have been supplanted by the images of the book! To the extent that I really hope that the author has done their research properly...

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-07-23T17:22:13Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 5