Historians

["onewmsvc@fastq.com" <onewmsvc@fastq.com>]

I'm "on the road" so I hope this message gets through to the list.
Forgive me for wandering just slightly off subject.

It's interesting that this thread about historians (and writers) should
come up at this particular time.  A writer friend of mine forwarded the
following Forbes' URL to me - the article is about Stephen Ambrose
and some recent questions regarding his writing ethics.
http://forbes.com/2002/01/07/0107ambrose.html

As a writer myself, there is one thing I have learned in my career: never
try to pass off something as something else.  This includes plagerizing
and passing fiction off as fact.

There is however a way to write non-fiction using fictional techniques.
It's called creative non-fiction.  It does not change historical facts, but
allows writers to set up scenarios using dialogue and other fiction
techniques to make a story more readable.  But it MUST follow
historical fact.

Judy


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