While I was in Utah, I had the opportunity to be on the Writing Excuses podcast with Eric Flint. Howard Tayler and Dan Wells hosted us for a discussion of writing Alternate History. The three areas of Alternate History that we covered were:
- Our history, but with a key change occurring (the “branching point.”)
- Our history, but with a time-traveler going back and changing something (aka “duck, Mister President!”)
- Our history, but with magic (usually with said magic being the key change at our branching point)
Listen to the whole episode of Writing Excuses 5.21: Alternate History » Writing Excuses.
Very interesting podcast but…
I wish I could have heard a lot more from you.
Aw, thanks! I was perfectly happy to listen to Eric talk since he’s done a heck of a lot more alternate histories than I have.