Craftsmanship Quote by Samuel Eliot Morison

A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!

— Samuel Eliot Morison

The historian ought to be an educated person, writing for other educated people about something which they don't know about, but wish to know…

— John Keegan

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

— Joseph Boyden

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

— Nicola Cornick

“We should be familiar with the great histories, the great biographies. We should be familiar with the great success stories, the great love stories,…

— Sterling W. Sill

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.

— V. S. Naipaul

Historians are a long way from being key workers. The best place for them is at home, reading their books and keeping out of…

— David Olusoga

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.

— William Landay

There are many oral historians in America, but my books are made using the rules of novel writing. I have a beginning, a plot,…

— Svetlana Alexievich

I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice…

— Philippa Gregory

Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.

— Annie Proulx

“Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did.”

— Patrick Stump