Yes. I don't think it's a question of immaturity or refusing to believe in reality. After all many adults and not just children, imagine themselves in such a place. At the end of the day, books and reading are an escape from reality. For those that lead particularly stressful lifestyles, or even lacklustre ones, when … Read more

Firstly you need to give your character identity. Who are they? What is their name? Where are they from? But more than that they need a history, even if it is not explored in the story. As the writer you need to know, for example, who are their parents? What school did they go to? … Read more

Historical Fiction, or faction as it is often referred to, is a combination of both fact and fiction.  HF is generally accepted to be anything that is based on the past, set at least fifty years before it was written. There are some older texts however, that may have been set, depicting that particular writer's … Read more