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Creative non-fiction recounts factually-accurate narratives in a literary style. It reads like a story, but it is in fact real history. It will be severely criticised for containing factual inaccur...
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2019-12-12T21:57:43Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/48263 License name: CC BY-SA 4.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T13:03:12Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/48263 License name: CC BY-SA 4.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Creative non-fiction recounts factually-accurate narratives in a literary style. It reads like a story, but it is in fact real history. It will be severely criticised for containing factual inaccuracies, let alone fictional main characters. ([wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction)) Historical fiction, on the other hand, is fiction, set in some specific period in the past. The period and its events play a part in the story, but the main characters or their actions are ultimately fictional. _Ivanhoe_ and _The Three Musketeers_ are famous examples. ([wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction)) Since your main characters are fictional, what you're writing is historical fiction.
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-09-29T13:42:20Z (over 4 years ago)
Original score: 17