6 Tips for Confidently Writing Historical Fiction
Author Jaclyn Goldis shares her six tips for writing historical fiction, whether its about Regency England or a Jewish community on a Greek island that fell under Nazi occupation.
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Feb 15, 2021
Crafting historical fiction begins long before typing the first word. When I set out to write my now debut novel, I had a kernel of a character: An old Jewish woman who confronts her painful, buried past as a teenager during the Nazi occupation of the Greek Ionian islands.
I zeroed in on Corfu and the tragic, little-known story of its small Jewish community who fell into Nazi hands. But I immediately apprehended what might be an obstacle to my research: 2,000 Jews lived on Corfu before the war, and 1,800 of them were murdered in Auschwitz. The Jewish community on Corfu presently numbers around 20, most of whom are elderly.