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Here's a few hints to writing a good Althist (this is not definitive though): * Points of Divergence (PoDs) - Chose your PoD carefully. Sometimes even the most insignificant change can make a great difference. Also, if one PoD won't work, or the change is too unrealistic, use several PoDs to reinforce the change. * Plausibility - When writing an althist, always take time to think: "would that actually work?". * Butterfly effect - PoDs change everything that occurs after it/them. For example: * People born after the PoD in our timeline would have a different birthday in the other one. People conceived *here* after the PoD would almost certainly never exist *there*. * What happens to people's lives would be different following the PoD. Financial situations change, perhaps w

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rdfs:comment	Here's a few hints to writing a good Althist (this is not definitive though): * Points of Divergence (PoDs) - Chose your PoD carefully. Sometimes even the most insignificant change can make a great difference. Also, if one PoD won't work, or the change is too unrealistic, use several PoDs to reinforce the change. * Plausibility - When writing an althist, always take time to think: "would that actually work?". * Butterfly effect - PoDs change everything that occurs after it/them. For example: * People born after the PoD in our timeline would have a different birthday in the other one. People conceived here after the PoD would almost certainly never exist there. * What happens to people's lives would be different following the PoD. Financial situations change, perhaps w
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abstract	Here's a few hints to writing a good Althist (this is not definitive though): * Points of Divergence (PoDs) - Chose your PoD carefully. Sometimes even the most insignificant change can make a great difference. Also, if one PoD won't work, or the change is too unrealistic, use several PoDs to reinforce the change. * Plausibility - When writing an althist, always take time to think: "would that actually work?". * Butterfly effect - PoDs change everything that occurs after it/them. For example: * People born after the PoD in our timeline would have a different birthday in the other one. People conceived here after the PoD would almost certainly never exist there. * What happens to people's lives would be different following the PoD. Financial situations change, perhaps with the roll of a dice or a toss of a coin. * People would die at different dates and/or of different circumstances following the PoD. * Don't hesitate to use obscure people. After all, following the PoD, they might have risen to prominence instead of others that did over here. * Don't hesitate to make some people up, should they be born after the PoD. After all, the person that did something here some 30 years down the line probably wouldn't exist in the other timeline. * Don't forget, since the PoD will change everything after it, the course of events would change (sometimes quite wildly). Use your imagination. * Above all else, don't forget to have fun. If you need help, feel free to contact these guys.

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