That's an interesting way of solving the self-direction problem, sacrificing writing for accuracy. The quality of the writing vs the quality of the research is hard for me to separate, since history is still stories. The worst historians are boring storytellers or flagrant liars. So there's a balance between telling a good story and accuracy.
That's an interesting way of solving the self-direction problem, sacrificing writing for accuracy. The quality of the writing vs the quality of the research is hard for me to separate, since history is still stories. The worst historians are boring storytellers or flagrant liars. So there's a balance between telling a good story and accuracy.
Yes, it does. I have benefitted from being able to study and write it in many ways.