Group Project: Making the 2019 Challenge More/Less Restrictive

[Pam]

#10 Historical figure
BIO: the book must be about a historical figures(s) and have the person(s) name in the title

[dalex]

Pam wrote: "#10 Historical figure
BIO: the book must be about a historical figures(s) and have the person(s) name in the title"

Wouldn't that actually make the prompt easier? I mean, if the title announces that it's about a particular person then it's pretty obvious that's it about them. Just a thought. :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

dalex wrote: "Pam wrote: "#10 Historical figure
BIO: the book must be about a historical figures(s) and have the person(s) name in the title"

Wouldn't that actually make the prompt easier? I mean, if the title ..."

I don't know... I think it would be pretty limiting just to confine yourself to stories that have the name of the person in the title. I can't really think of any that were about real people that actually had the name in the title (unless it was nonfiction).

[Pam]

dalex wrote: "Pam wrote: "#10 Historical figure
BIO: the book must be about a historical figures(s) and have the person(s) name in the title"

Wouldn't that actually make the prompt easier? I mean, if the title ..."

It might be easier in the sense of finding a book but it is more limiting in the selection. Most of the books I see listed on the thread for week #10 do not have the person's name in the title.

[dalex]

Emily wrote: "I don't know... I think it would be pretty limiting just to confine yourself to stories that have the name of the person in the title. I can't really think of any that were about real people that actually had the name in the title (unless it was nonfiction)."

Madame Tussaud
Nefertiti
Godiva
I Was Amelia Earhart
Mademoiselle Chanel
Signed, Mata Hari
Eleanor the Queen
Hild
Margot
Katherine
Lincoln
Crippen

And those are just the ones I could think of in a few minutes.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

dalex wrote: "Emily wrote: "I don't know... I think it would be pretty limiting just to confine yourself to stories that have the name of the person in the title. I can't really think of any that were about real..."

You are much more well-read than me 😂

[°~Amy~°]

I would agree that being about a historical figure AND having their name in the title would be a BIO. I believe that the prompt just requires that a historical figure be featured in the story somewhere, they do not have to be a main character so that itself is limiting, then requiring that the person's name be in the title further limits the choices. Limiting choices is what BIO is all about :-)