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==== Essays from the AH.com Directory and AH.com board==== | ==== Essays from the AH.com Directory and AH.com board==== |
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* **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20090326082201/http://gateway.alternatehistory.com/essays-set.html|"Musings on..."]]** - The essays of [[offtopic:IAN|Ian Montgomerie]] about various popular AH concepts and plots. Includes musings on plausibility, problems with the use of exposition and evil empires in AH fiction, the tricks of writing about crosstime travel and contact between different timelines - and much more. Highly recommended. | |
* **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180065|Colonizing America is Hard]]** - Discussion on plausibility problems with earlier or more easily succesful colonisation efforts in the Americas. | * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180065|Colonizing America is Hard]]** - Discussion on plausibility problems with earlier or more easily succesful colonisation efforts in the Americas. |
* **[[Principles of Geopolitical Forecasting]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Jasen777]], [[offtopic:LordMoogi]] and others | * **[[Principles of Geopolitical Forecasting]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Jasen777]], [[offtopic:LordMoogi]] and others |
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* **[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/writingGuide.html|So, You Want To Write A Timeline?]]** at [[http://www.anthonymayer.net/index.html|Antony Mayer's site]] | * **[[http://www.anthonymayer.net/ah/writingGuide.html|So, You Want To Write A Timeline?]]** at [[http://www.anthonymayer.net/index.html|Antony Mayer's site]] |
* **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Problematic Aspects of Alternate History - Some Often Overlooked Considerations]]** by [[offtopic:Grey Wolf]] (under the name "Wolverine"), published at the [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Infinity Wanderers site]] (archived via archive.org, an additional link to an AH.com backup is available [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=6283668#post6283668|here]]) | * **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Problematic Aspects of Alternate History - Some Often Overlooked Considerations]]** by [[offtopic:Grey Wolf]] (under the name "Wolverine"), published at the [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090327131125/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/lauder/1644/altyhist.html|Infinity Wanderers site]] (archived via archive.org, an additional link to an AH.com backup is available [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6283668|here]]) |
* **[[http://www.clockworksky.net/fractions_of_ahs/fractions_of_ahs.html|The Fractions of Perceptibly Different Alternate Timelines]]** at [[http://www.clockworksky.net/scifi_top.html|Tony Jones' sci-fi site]] (Some sciency thoughts on how many alternate timelines will be the same, from a human perspective.) | * **[[http://www.clockworksky.net/fractions_of_ahs/fractions_of_ahs.html|The Fractions of Perceptibly Different Alternate Timelines]]** at [[http://www.clockworksky.net/scifi_top.html|Tony Jones' sci-fi site]] (Some sciency thoughts on how many alternate timelines will be the same, from a human perspective.) |
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**[[Alternate History Clichés]]** | **[[Alternate History Clichés]]** |
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**[[how_to_tl|HELP: How To Write A Timeline]]** | **[[how_to_write_a_timeline|HELP: How To Write A Timeline]]** |
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**[[The Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility]]** | **[[The Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility]]** |