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In the constant search for topics to write about, I started thinking about history. Written history is the viewpoint of the author, but what about the opposition? Or perhaps from other, less important persons involved in that event?
For example, you would write about the American Civil War from the viewpoint of a slave caught in the action, or from the Postmaster General who refused to allow mail carrying abolition pamphlets to the South. Or you could write the history of Adolf Hilter from the viewpoint of his mistress Eva Braun. What about Betty Moore, wife of the Apollo 1 pilot Gus Grissom? He was killed in a pre-launch test of the craft. In the making of history, in the birth of a hero, there are always people who helped them achieve their success or infamy - have them tell their story, their point of view.
Research is a key component in writing about history. At the same time, liberties for the sake of storytelling and filling the back history can be taken. If you like research and history, writing a story about a moment in the past could be a thrilling endeavor. Give it a try!
This month's question: Have you used a moment in history in your stories? Send in your answers and links below!  Editors love feedback!
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Excerpt: Kate slammed the dirty pot into the little sink of the camper and tossed the tea towel onto the counter. When it slid to the floor, she kicked it aside with a huff of frustration.
“You said you’d quit that job. You promised.”
Excerpt: Herman continued to spew his disapproval. "Brown versus the Board of Education. Hmph! They ought to call that damn fiasco Clown vs. the Board of Miscegenation is more like it!"
Excerpt: The thud as he pummelled the table with his fist made Elizabeth jump. But she stood her ground. “I mean it, Charles. All your men are out in the fields and milking the cows, feedings the birds, and you are out every night drinking. It’s not fair.”
Excerpt: You're probably wondering why I would be surprised to see a little old man shuffling past my house. Well, for one thing, I hadn't seen this man in about six months. But it seems like it was a lot longer than that. Decades even.
Excerpt: Richter meticulously worked on a small rocking chair for his son, Kamen, his body cramped and sore from having worked almost a day's worth of labor, but he was determined to finish it, needing only to apply the finishing coat of paint. His son was barely even a year old at the time, but Richter was excited with the idea of him sitting in it one day, admiring his hard work.
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Excerpt: Hiram gazed across the rocky country side. It was rugged country, unlike his own home at Chehaw Station in Macon County, Alabama. As he soaked in the beauty of the landscape, he was oblivious to the impact of the eons on this place, oblivious of what it took for nature to sculpt the place where he stood. He knew nothing of the glaciers that rolled the massive stones into rugged formation nor the effort it had taken for nature to coax the sporadic growth of thickets and forests in that place. He was simply a boy of eighteen, remote from home, learning the harsh realities of man’s violent nature.
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Excerpt: It’s June, 1893, and in January the American Railway Association finally standardized timekeeping across all the railways. Why am I mentioning this? Because I am among the first watches made by the Ball Watch Co. given to a conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. We’ve been keeping time of mostly coal runners over the past few months and it’s been thrilling.
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Excerpt: Feeling his age, the old man sat, thinking about his life, regretting nothing but that one slip. Except for that, Michael had lived a full and long life.
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This month's question: Have you used a moment in history in your stories? Send in your answers and links below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: How do you use character memories as a tool? In flashbacks? How else?
Lynn  replied: Well memories have helped me in my stories by evolving the character itself. Memories are sort of like a decoration in my eyes. In my stories they make the situation in the story open up or blossom a bit. The reader gets to understand more clearly of what that character might have gone through before in a different concept. Memories are one of the things that personally help me hone together a scene. It adds more description.
Quick-Quill  responded: In the beginning of my book I'm starting with a Detective on his way to a crime scene. The young rookie with him asks if he remembers a woman found just 3 years prior in the same area. They talk about the old crime. While in the silence, Det. Herb thinks about how the outcome didn't feel right. Something didn't add up, but the case was closed in the Department's eyes. Just not in his. Was this new death connected?
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