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How far should a historical novelist make her language antique-sounding? here are some of my thoughts in a blog for Mary Anne Yarde. ‘Thou shalt be like totally awesome’

You want to make your reader feel the emotions in what you’re writing? The classic mistake – and we’ve all made it! – is to assume that because you feel emotional about what you’re writing, then so will the reader. The truth is that it’s not about what you feel; it’s about communicating that feeling….
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