A Historical Fiction Workshop!

Do you like Historical Fiction? Want to learn to write it better, or just get in practice alongside others interested in the topic? Well, we have good news for you.

doughboycafe is running a month long workshop event. Anyone can sign up, there is no experience requirement or limited space. Even if your first language is not English, if you are interested, send a note and we’ll see what we can do.

What is it?: A 5 week long workshop on historical fiction, complete with exercises and resource guides.

When is it?: August 3rd to September 7th.

What's the goal here?: To have each participant end up with one finished, edited short story.

What is the Workshop going to cover?: Two overarching concepts composed of a few smaller concepts. In a nutshell:
Week1: Prep Week, choosing a time period and place, getting an idea for character and story arc, and cursory overview research.
Week2: Focus and source-sorting, how to find sources that are not only good, but relevant to your needs, an amassing of research, and also how to tell if something is a 'history written by a winner'.
Week3: Writing your story, avoiding historical specs infodumps, how to use slang, working with vulgar concepts and avoiding anachronism.
Week4: Redaction, writing, writing, writing, but then diving back into your research pool and hammering out details, fixing errors.
Week5: Polish. Get ready for final critiques, but mostly, just finish the story up. As a bonus, we'll point you towards a few HistFic friendly publications for you to submit to, if that´s your leaning.

If you are interested in participating, please see this journal to sign up and find more detailed information.

Hope to see you there!