Grey Wolf
Donor
What I would like to do with a 19th century timeline is to avoid convergence. There are two tracks here
1- a small change will bring greater changes in its track
2- a lot of events are seemingly unexpected or even random so have them going the other way for no other reason than 'simply because' seems fair enough to me
One caveat would be that historical figures ARE allowed, despite how unlikely it may seem after a century. Here I use Rick Robinson's idea that whereas we may not get the people we had in OTL in a FULLY REALISTIC timeline, we would get SOMEONE, so in order to better engage the reader there is no real harm in using OTL historical figures.
Of course, the caveat to the caveat is that this rule won't apply to royalty in many cases, and to those whose origins are the result of circumstances that in the big picture are unlikely to occur - e.g. if Britain is fighting the USA for much of the century then the likelihood of Churchill's father marrying an American is much reduced.
Grey Wolf
1- a small change will bring greater changes in its track
2- a lot of events are seemingly unexpected or even random so have them going the other way for no other reason than 'simply because' seems fair enough to me
One caveat would be that historical figures ARE allowed, despite how unlikely it may seem after a century. Here I use Rick Robinson's idea that whereas we may not get the people we had in OTL in a FULLY REALISTIC timeline, we would get SOMEONE, so in order to better engage the reader there is no real harm in using OTL historical figures.
Of course, the caveat to the caveat is that this rule won't apply to royalty in many cases, and to those whose origins are the result of circumstances that in the big picture are unlikely to occur - e.g. if Britain is fighting the USA for much of the century then the likelihood of Churchill's father marrying an American is much reduced.
Grey Wolf