Norton's TL Issue

Timeline

  • Camelot Revisited

    Votes: 5 14.3%
  • Dick's Trick

    Votes: 8 22.9%
  • The Final Curtain

    Votes: 3 8.6%
  • The Spirit of Camp David

    Votes: 3 8.6%
  • "Unnamed"/ I Like Mondays

    Votes: 15 42.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 1 2.9%

  • Total voters
    35
Camelot Revisited, because there's a load of speculation around here about exactly this, but I've yet to see a decent TL written on the subject.
 
Camelot Revisited, because there's a load of speculation around here about exactly this, but I've yet to see a decent TL written on the subject.
It takes a heck of a lot of brainstorming and stewing in its own juices, which is ongoing with me (I'm keeping ideas in a note book). For every thing I have a good idea on how it may turn out, there's another I'm foggy on.
 
Can I get any tips on timeline writing? One of my biggest issues, by the way, is details like Congressional/Presidential acts and legislation since I don't know how to really realistically create them.

I'm adding one to the list, btw, though I'm not sure if it'll make much of a difference given the vote. The Fourth Bullet: JFK and LBJ are assassinated in Dallas,and John McCormack becomes President. That can go in the "Other" I suppose.
 
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Maverick offers great guidelines in the Help forum. For electoral maps, use this , Wiki for primaries, and good books on the subject. I'd recommend Dallek's JFK bio or Black's Nixon bio for a good summary of the period. For the TL writing, I prefer to use AH books and journals, because it's detail without scrolling through pages of transcripts to get to an exciting chapter.
 
Can I get any tips on timeline writing? One of my biggest issues, by the way, is details like Congressional/Presidential acts and legislation since I don't know how to really realistically create them.

I'm adding one to the list, btw, though I'm not sure if it'll make much of a difference given the vote. The Fourth Bullet: JFK and LBJ are assassinated in Dallas,and John McCormack becomes President. That can go in the "Other" I suppose.

Well Nort, all I would say write to where your comfort zone is...if your a policy wonk like me then breaking down legislation mainly to further along your overall theme of your timeline should come pretty easy. This best thing, is to look at the Acts passed during OTL, who sponsored them etc, if they failed or passed during that specific period of time. So with the Garfield Timeline(Which looks like its the Fan Favorite) look at the Legislation of the time and tweek it to how you think things would have turned out differently.

However, if your more comfortable with foriegn affairs(A skill to balance both, is one that Im struggling to pick up), then write about foriegn affairs with snippets about whats going on Domestically within the United States. The important things; as with real life is don't get off track and focus on the Task at hand whether that's with a Domestic POD or an Foriegn one. I hope this helps buddy:D
 
Coolio, thanks.

My issue with legislation, however, is that I can probably do it, but I have the fear that I'd just be pulling it out of my @$$. IE, "President Romney attempted to pass the Decency For America Act of 1971 (DFAA). Addressing what was viewed as rising indecency, and in reaction to the rise of pornography, the act attempted to set standards for what could legally be produced and sold with a Congressional body to oversee its enforcement". I feel stuff like that would be pulling it out of my butt. Then again, maybe I'm giving alternate history too much credit for scientific method and certainties than I should and pulling stuff out of my butt based on behavior and individuals and history is necessary.

The Garfield one would be a lot of work, so I don't think I wanna get to that yet. That'd be on the backburner with the JFK one (and may even come after the Kennedy one). I think I'll go with the Nixon one as a short termer. But, I need the communities help on certain details, nonetheless, and shall whore myself in some threads accordingly;).
 
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