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  You’ve always wanted to write a book but don’t know how to start. Well, it’s quite simple to start a book, it’s another thing to come up with a concept that hasn’t been heard of before.   You’ve got 7 different concepts to consider when writing a book. Will your book be one of the following plots: Rags to Riches story – your character manages to fulfill his potential because he dreamed big and got there. Think Maid in Manhatten A quest or journey? – Your hero goes on a journey to find him or herself or even a lost item and must overcome obstacles along the way. Think Indiana Jones Overcoming a monster - that is destroying the landscape or city? Your character must venture into the monster’s hidden lair which is both frightening and dangerous, but he does it to regain what is stolen by the monster and the city needs to want it back. Again, think of Indiana Jones movies. Comedy - Think of Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire. The dialogue in a comedy must be funny with...

Fiction  is any type of creative work that is based on imaginary characters, places, and narratives that are made up from your imagination. However, you can use actual historical facts that you can twist such as making it a sci-fi story, or a Twilight Zone-style story. So, let’s delve into the research you might need to conduct. As always start with a plan of action: A plan of action will help save you time and repeated trips to your research location. So let’s begin, What type of story do you want to write? What type of historical research would you like to conduct? If you don’t have a plan of action in mind then you will potentially miss out on some cool facts that you could twist up and add to your story. When you put together a research activity, I find making a list of topics to research is the first key, maybe a specific timeline or event that I can manipulate into my story, what about creating a new political genre, or daily life (mixture of medieval, ancient lifes...

    Historical Non-Fiction Research tips Non-fiction is based on factual situations, places, people, and historical happenings. So when you write a Historical Non-fiction book, you better make sure you have your facts correct and your timeline accurate. I personally like to incorporate historical details in all my work to give it much more color and intrigue. So let's get to it.  Planning is everything. Before you do any research, begin with a plan of action. In other words, your list of research topics should be prioritized in such a way that you know what you’re doing without wasting time and energy. Here’s a good list to think about, what is your primary focus going to be, what’s your secondary focus? What about the political backgrounds of your character, daily life, economic status, location status, etc.? Think about all these things before you begin researching this way you won’t overlook something or fail to see it when it appears in your research. Taking p...