Timeline for How to tell readers that I know my story is factually incorrect?
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| Jul 20, 2019 at 23:20 | history | edited | wordsworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2019 at 10:35 | comment | added | Emilio M Bumachar | I always appreciated Bernard Cornwell's afterword coming clean with the historical facts he changed for the story, down to who really did each of the battle-turning deeds attributed to the protagonist. | |
| Jul 19, 2019 at 16:53 | comment | added | WGroleau | I appreciate the idea of “coming clean” in an afterword (after they’ve enjoyed the story). The reason is the number of people who believe as real the nonsense on TV crime shows and medical shows. Or think Dan Brown’s books are “historical” fiction. | |
| Jul 19, 2019 at 12:05 | comment | added | F1Krazy♦ | Somehow the word "afterword" completely slipped my mind when I was writing my own answer, I've edited it in now. | |
| Jul 19, 2019 at 8:39 | history | edited | wordsworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2019 at 8:32 | history | answered | wordsworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |