How do you know if your plot is heavily tied to your story? Ask yourself if the plot would be exactly the same if you set it in the modern day. If so, you may need to rework it. Keep dialogue accessible Ah, the Wuthering Heights problem. For those not in the know: in Wuthering Heights, there’s a character named Joseph who speaks with a heavy Yorkshire dialect. Emily Bronte spells this dialect out phonetically, or the way it sounds, and this makes it almost impossible to understand. Scholars still debate over some sections of Joseph’s dialogue and speculate about what he might be saying.
Here’s the lesson we take away from this El Salvador Phone Number while you do want to include historical details in dialogue to keep it grounded, you don’t want to make it confusing for the reader. Someone who doesn’t know anything about the time period should be able to read the dialogue and understand what’s being said. Slang, regional dialects, and accents should be used sparingly, and never in a way that confuses the meaning. A quick note: in my humble opinion, exclamations and expletives are the best place to put period-specific slang.

Write from an interesting perspective As I mentioned before, Outlander is a time-travel historical romance. Because Claire is going back in time, she’s learning about eighteenth century Scotland alongside the reader. This makes exposition much easier, and the unique vantage point creates interesting conflict throughout the story. Claire is also a woman, which means she’s not in a position of power, and that heavily influences the way she’s treated. When you write your historical romance, consider the perspective from which you’re writing.