What lessons do your characters consider they've learned from their pasts? Are they open about their humble backgrounds or do they try to cover this past up? What part of the past does your ruling party/government etc celebrate and which do they never talk about (there's bound to be something!)?
Given the time frame of your stories, can you see how life has improved or worsened for the societies you've invented? And how do historical events, real or fictional, impact on the setting, the characters and the story you want to tell? We are all shaped by where we come from and our experiences, past and present, and fiction should reflect this too. The then behind our stories is important to the now.
Given the time frame of your stories, can you see how life has improved or worsened for the societies you've invented? And how do historical events, real or fictional, impact on the setting, the characters and the story you want to tell? We are all shaped by where we come from and our experiences, past and present, and fiction should reflect this too. The then behind our stories is important to the now.
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