When doing stories set in the past... please do your research. · 2:19am Feb 26th, 2020
Not knowing what you are writing about can... cause issues.
Example:
My dad read a book set in London and he was a bit annoyed that the author had characters riding bikes... 200 years before they were invented.
Extreme example.
I recently quit reading a story about a strategist set in a medieval setting. I quit because the author was completely ignorant on both castles and strategy. The author had an attacking force 1/10th the size of the defending force defeating the defenders by being fast.
The author said they were able to defeat the 10 times larger force behind tall, thick stone walls, by running from once side to the other quickly enough to defeat the superior force inside the castle.... without ladders, archers, or siege engines, just riders on horseback running from once side to the other. (if you don't know what is wrong about that, you should read or watch about any book or video on castle siege warfare. You are in for a treat, its pretty cool. )
Advice:
If you are writing a story set in a castle, read up on castles and their layout... or just grab a floor layout from a real castle and use it. If your characters are set in a specific time period, make sure the devices you have them use... were actually invented before then. If you are writing about historical combat, read up or watch videos about historical combat.
In general, if your characters are going to perform an activity/job, read up or watch some videos on how that job was done in that time period.
