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Q&A Is there a difference between historical fiction and creative non-fiction?

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...

posted 5y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:57:43Z (almost 5 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 by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:03:12Z (almost 5 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/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T13:03:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
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 by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-29T13:42:20Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 17