tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post2363154236432782339..comments2024-03-15T02:14:38.309-07:00Comments on bloginafog: On Writing Historical Fiction.Woflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-2683901260409398952017-08-14T02:24:29.192-07:002017-08-14T02:24:29.192-07:00This is surely a comment about learning a lot abou...This is surely a comment about learning a lot about history before your start to write, and editing what you know into a narrative that keeps it's sense of drive, even with repeated readings. Since nowadays most books are poorly copy-edited and are littered with errors in the facts and spelling in them the chances of an author condensing what they write by nine tenths to give what they write a longer creative life for the reader then I think Hilary Mantel is right, but hopelessly optimistic.Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.com