Amorous historical novels are a genre demanded by both readers and publishers. If you decide to try yourself in this field, seriously prepare - study historical sources, find out details about the life of the selected period. And do not forget about love affair - only then your work will be read with interest.
Instruction manual
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Explore the era you are about to write about. You will be helped by historical research on this topic, as well as memoirs and collections of letters of contemporaries. Please note that only a small portion of such literature is available on the Internet. To access more materials, sign up for a science library. Read the fiction of your chosen period - so you can understand not only the general outline of historical events, but also the specifics of the inner world of the characters. Choose a period of the history of your country that is close to modernity, for example, the 19th century. The life and life of people of earlier times living in another state is more difficult to describe.
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Decide who your heroes will be. Keep in mind that the higher the character’s social position, the more likely it is that you will have to include works of real historical figures in the outline. This can seriously limit your imagination as an author. However, you can follow the path of Alexander Dumas, the father, who, using real people and situations in his works, at the same time greatly modified the outline of history.
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Try to strike a balance between love affair and the historical component in your novel. Even if the whole plot is in a love relationship between two people, then the descriptions of their costumes, interiors and lifestyles should be time-appropriate. Carry some research on the history of the costume, preferably illustrated. So you can better imagine how the pannier, tournament and other elements of the costume looked like you needed time.
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If your novel will cover a significant time period, make a chronological scale of the main events of the work. It needs to indicate the age of the heroes, as well as the main political and social changes that could affect their lives - revolutions, wars, the coming to power of new rulers. So it will be easier for you to navigate in the development of the plot.
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Carefully think over a love affair. Avoid banal situations, do not get carried away by lengthy descriptions and long dialogs - readers of love-historical novels prefer a dynamic plot and exciting events. Finishing the book, think about the possibility of continuing - it is possible that your novel will be the beginning of a new popular series.
