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== Goals ==
== Goals ==


* Write a set of vignettes based on historic people and events, with a fictional viewpoint character for each vignette
I propose to —
* Recruit participants to choose historic people and invent fictional character to meet the historic people
 
* Write set of vignettes based on historic people and events, with a fictional viewpoint character for each historic person.
* Recruit participants to select historic people, and to invent fictional characters to meet the historic people


== Participation ==
== Participation ==
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* Preferably with a short biographic statement about the fictional character, a paragraph or two giving some context how this fictional person relates to the historic person
* Preferably with a short biographic statement about the fictional character, a paragraph or two giving some context how this fictional person relates to the historic person


I promise to treat all entries with serious literary respect, whether traditional historical fiction or idiosyncratic adventures in time and space.
I promise to treat all entries with serious literary respect, whether traditional historical fiction or idiosyncratic adventures in time and space, and to give full credit to all participants.

Revision as of 07:15, 7 July 2020

The Historical Fiction Project is a participatory literary project organized by Karl Jones.

Goals

I propose to —

  • Write set of vignettes based on historic people and events, with a fictional viewpoint character for each historic person.
  • Recruit participants to select historic people, and to invent fictional characters to meet the historic people

Participation

Choose a historical person, someone of interest to you

  • "Historic" means a real person who I can look up on Wikipedia or elsewhere
  • Must be deceased (or must have permission from the historic figure in question)

Invent a fictional character who provides the viewpoint on the fictional character

  • This is where you get creative
  • Can be as simple or as detailed as you please
  • Provide a name, at a minimum
  • Preferably with a short biographic statement about the fictional character, a paragraph or two giving some context how this fictional person relates to the historic person

I promise to treat all entries with serious literary respect, whether traditional historical fiction or idiosyncratic adventures in time and space, and to give full credit to all participants.