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... possible and study the material to find ideas about local and state history . Talk with your librarian , the historian's best friend . See what has been published — and what still needs to be written – about your town and your state ...
... possible and study the material to find ideas about local and state history . Talk with your librarian , the historian's best friend . See what has been published — and what still needs to be written – about your town and your state ...
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... possible words required to tell the story , to paint the picture . Active verbs , thumbnail description , simplest vocabulary cut the word count yet make a complete presentation possible . HISTORICAL POETRY AND SHORT FICTION ― The ...
... possible words required to tell the story , to paint the picture . Active verbs , thumbnail description , simplest vocabulary cut the word count yet make a complete presentation possible . HISTORICAL POETRY AND SHORT FICTION ― The ...
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... possible . You must constantly seek answers to WHY your hero acted as he did , HOW he lived , WHAT he did that people will want to know about , WHO he really was as a person worth knowing . Perhaps , like most writers , you will be ...
... possible . You must constantly seek answers to WHY your hero acted as he did , HOW he lived , WHAT he did that people will want to know about , WHO he really was as a person worth knowing . Perhaps , like most writers , you will be ...
Contents
Writing History For Todays Readers | 1 |
Using your own experience Things you see Conversations with | 19 |
The Historian As Explorer | 48 |
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