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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-11-17 06:36 pm

[ SECRET POST #3240 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3240 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2015-11-18 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Don't call it Age of Sail, just make your own historical sailing AU where the details are as correct or anachronistic you need them. The test is whether they make sense within the universe you create.

There's plenty of great stories that make no sense in a real world perspective, but perfect sense within the borders the author have created. Pratchett, Adams, Tolkien, Gaiman, Carrol, Stevenson, Burroughs... the list goes on and on.

(Anonymous) 2015-11-18 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
NAYRT

I do this in a fantasy setting so I don't have to worry about historical accuracy. But sometimes I really want to write for a specific historical setting in the real world, not my own AU. But I feel like it's an intimidating prospect because I hate the idea of getting little details wrong and research takes a great deal of time.