Why would you need to convert? What I would do is probably just use whatever year the society would have called it back in BCE years when it was...
Rather than interviewing kids, I think it could be more productive to just talk to a few. Go buy a drumstick when your neighborhood ice cream...
I have to agree; if executed well, I this approach has already proved it works. The Iliad was begun in medias res, with epic results. Just be...
Something that usually helps move things along (in my experience, at least) is to describe other thoughts in your character's mind. They don't...
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