Write Your Own Historical Fiction

Get your Year 5 and 6 students to bring the past to life! Winning students will each receive a book token worth £25 and a specially designed commemorative notebook for writing future stories. Schools will receive a year’s FREE subscription to the HA.

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  • Recorded Webinar: Writing historical fiction - Research and planning 

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    In this first webinar about writing historical fiction, author Tony Bradman will talk about how ideas grow from reading and thinking about history. Once you have a good idea, then you need to research it properly, starting with secondary sources for context, then moving on to more specific reading. Visits...

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  • Recorded Webinar: Writing historical fiction - Writing and revision

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    In this second webinar in our series on writing historical fiction, author Tony Bradman talks about the actual process of writing the story, with examples. The difficulty of the first page - how to start your story with impact and make sure the reader is gripped from the first line....

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