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Q&A Getting details of a past century right

I have been gathering ideas for a novel. The basic idea is in place; the story combines two different eras but the same place. How do I get the little details about the place, the people, their lif...

4 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Kuchiki Byakuya‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:46:43Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/7480
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Kuchiki Byakuya‭ · 2019-12-08T02:46:43Z (over 4 years ago)
I have been gathering ideas for a novel. The basic idea is in place; the story combines two different eras but the same place. How do I get the little details about the place, the people, their life and language right? I have never visited the place (it is real). It seems to me I could even end up reading on the place's history all my life if accuracy is what I'm aiming at.

How do I go about it and avoid a bad bout of analysis paralysis?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-03-21T06:20:35Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 9