Three Steps to Writing Historical Fiction

There’s a story you want to tell – a story about your family’s past, maybe, or a story about a place and time that intrigues you. But where do you start? Writers often believe the first step is research, so they dive into historical works or pore through family journals and letters. But how do you know when enough is enough?– or where the essential discoveries lie? When is it time to stop researching and start writing? And how do you integrate the historical facts into a compelling narrative without sounding like a textbook or losing track of your story? In this workshop, you’ll learn a new approach to getting your historical novel onto the page, with tools and strategies you can take away and use long after our session is over.

In this workshop, you can expect:

• A breakdown and explanation of threekey steps to crafting your historical novel.
• Prompts and exercises to help you put those steps into practice.
• Discussions of published examples to illustrate new concepts.
• Opportunities to share your in-class writing for constructive feedback.
• Time to ask questions and work through the answers.