The first is character substitution.

Is to start the story with the characters as the center. Generally, there are one or two events that make the characters make a choice and make it difficult for them to make a choice. Characters should say whatever they want according to the history at that time. This method is more common.

The first is the event replacement method.

Highlighting the urgency of the event creates a sense of tension for readers, but historical stories can be polished, not fabricated, and should be carried out according to the stories at that time, and efforts should be made to describe them, not to fabricate them.

The other is mixed writing.

Grasp a point, integrate human events and write them layer by layer, which are interrelated and complement each other.

Several problems in writing historical novels;

First, 80% is historical facts and 20% is fiction;

Second, the relationship between characters should be clear, otherwise it will affect reading;

Third, writing in the third person is generally more flexible.

The first historical novel is Cai Dongfan's Popular Romance of China in Past Dynasties. Reading his historical novels can not only gain historical knowledge easily and happily, but also get ideological education and enlightenment.

Many writers who write historical novels draw nutrition from Cai Dongfan's works and get inspiration.