Use History to Your Advantage!

No matter where you live in the world, your country,Write a story from a caveman's point of view. How
your area has a history. Some may have beendid certain dinosaurs look to him. Which made for a
written down in books, some local legend. What abetter meal? Write imaginary how-to articles on cave
great wealth of ideas for Action/Adventurecleaning and what the best materials for cave
stories!Look to your history books, local news anddrawings would be.Most of us would like to rewrite
listen in anytime the older folks get together. Historyat least some part of our world's and country's past.
is all around us.Since I live in the U.S., I'll use what IHere's your chance to do just that.One word of
know as example. From the inception of this country,caution. Be sure you have at least some working
there have been battles and wars at various timesknowledge of the times, language and clothing styles.
throughout history. From the World Wars to the CivilIt will make your work more authentic. I once
War to fighting over gold claims, action andstarted reading a Western. While I'm no expert, this
adventure abound. This country has seen women andauthor had no clue as to speech from the 1800's, it
blacks fight for, and win, their rights. What an excitingwas very modern. I read two pages and closed the
time that was!Growing up in Texas, I was taughtbook.I just couldn't get into a book that couldn't take
about the Alamo, the rise of the cattle barons andme back to the Old West. Be aware of your
settlement on the frontier. In the town I grew up in,audience. Believe me, history buffs will be the first to
I learn it existed while others died away because thelet you know that you've made a mistake!Nikola lives
railroad chose to lay the tracks where they did.Useand writes in Oklahoma. She is active in the local
history to your advantage. You don't have to writeCitizen's Police Academy Alumni and Volunteers in
non-fiction pieces. Invent a character to change thePolicing. She enjoys reading, scrapbooking and
course of events. Explain historic happenings throughspending time with her two dogs. Nikola is an author
the eyes of a character or charcters. Think of all theon
different angles! All the different time periods such aswhich is a site for Poetry.
Medieval Europe, the Old West, the Industrial Age.