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Making Middle-Grade Novels Believable
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Making Middle-Grade Novels Believable

By Elizabeth Raum
5 Research Tips for Writing Historical Fiction, by Piper Huguley
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5 Research Tips for Writing Historical Fiction

By Piper Huguley
9 Ways To Insert Your Own Voice and Style Into Research-Based Nonfiction Writing
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9 Ways To Insert Your Own Voice and Style Into Research-Based Nonfiction Writing

By Lucy Ward
How To Research Topics Like a Journalist
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How To Research Topics Like a Journalist

By Alison Hill
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Writing Historical Fiction Focused on Wartime Holland

By Imogen Matthews
Top 5 Things to Know Before Doing Archival Research on Your Book
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Top 5 Things To Know Before Doing Archival Research on Your Book

By Amy Tector
How To Do Writing Research During a Lockdown
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How To Do Writing Research During a Lockdown

By Katie Fforde
Research Gems: When What You Find Becomes Part of the Story
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Research Gems: When What You Find Becomes Part of the Story

By Robert McCaw
4 Tips on Research for Writing Novels and Stories Beyond Getting the Facts Right
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4 Tips on Research for Writing Novels and Stories Beyond Getting the Facts Right

By Blake Sanz
Choosing Characters for Historical Fiction
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Lest We Forget These Brave Women: On Choosing Characters for Historical Fiction

By Natasha Lester
Organization for Writers and World-Builders
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Organization for Writers and World-Builders

By Moriah Richard
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Neglecting Research
Writing Habits and Practices

Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Neglecting Research

By Robert Lee Brewer
How to Do Shadow Research for Your Novel
Writing Techniques

How to Do Shadow Research for Your Novel

By Devon Daniels
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Interviews

Charles Vidich: The Timeliness of Nonfiction

By Robert Lee Brewer
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Crashing Into New Worlds: Writing About the Unfamiliar

By Stephanie Kane
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Vintage WD

Vintage WD: It Starts With Voice

By Writers Digest Staff
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Vintage WD

Vintage WD: When Research Is a Monster

By Amy Jones
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Blurred Lines: Writing Historical Fiction From Fact

By Melanie Benjamin
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The WD Interview: Susan Orlean on The Library Book and Finding the Red-Hot Center of the Story

By Don Vaughan
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Getting the History Right in Historical Fiction Using Declassified Records

By Guest Column
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How to Write Historical Fiction

By Guest Column
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Old and New: Merging Memory and Research in New Zealand

By Guest Column
This is Not a Writing Manual
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This is NOT Research Advice

By Guest Column
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7 Research and Writing Tips for Setting a Book in Another Country

By Guest Column