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Hi there, my name is JorgeGG and I live and work in Santiago de Chile. I came here by accident, and well just given some random ideas. Oh, I forgot to mention, since I'm more interest in Doomsday 1983, I was a teenager by that time.

Some Tips on Writing Alternate Histories

Write about what you know
Do your homework. Research and see how others write similar histories.
Plausibility is Key. Avoid or at least know the common cliches or tropes for the timeline your are writing. For example a) Napoleon comquering all of western Europe or a successful Russian Campaing, b) A successul Operation Sea Lion (don't even try this one)
Butterfly effect. This means there causes and effects linked. One POD (and just one significant POD) alters the rest like in billiards, pool, snooker (Well, like in any cue game)
Order events in chronological order (from above)
Depth or width in writing.
Details must be relevant to the story telling. For example if you have POD were Kennedy is not killed 1963, don't make list of US presidents from the 1789 onward. Start from Kennedy (1961-1965).
Don't get lost in details.
World building relevant to the ATL. Don't waste time explaining things that are the same in OTL.
If you can describe a language, person or country in one paragraph. Do it!!. Don't create pages that are one paragraph long.
Don't be afraid to re do things if you make mistakes or half-way thru have another idea of it.
. Have Fun and be open to criticism and questions.

Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility

Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility original source

In an alternate timeline

An old model of the Terminal Personal de Trabajo, TPT (Spanish for Personal Work Terminal (PWT).

JorgeGG
Languages
es	Este usuario tiene el Español como lengua materna..
en-4	This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.
fr-2	Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.
eo-1	Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per baza nivelo de Esperanto.

Timelines

Personal timelines I am working on:

Original
- Twilight of a New Era (1914-1964) A featured alternate history. A very long shot in writing a ATL, Reads more like an scenario however. Be aware that is in constant editing and writing. A Type III - Soft Alternate History (see above: Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility)
Collaborative
- The Blue Jade Mask creator of the proposal and for the time being editor.

Adopted
- Cromwell the Great - A previous TL that I have adopted. Done a major rework of it. A Type II - Hard/Soft Alternate History (see above: Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility). Winner of the 2018 Stirling for Best Timeline of 2017
- Of Lions and Falcons (formerly named Spain Divided) - A previous TL that I have adopted. Work in progress. A Type II - Hard/Soft Alternate History (see above: Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility)
- From Sea to Shining Sea (formerly named Communist-Controlled America) - in cooperation with Stepintime (Caretaker of the ATL). A Type III - Soft Alternate History (see above: Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility)

If you have any suggestions of questions on the above timelines, refer them in their respective talk/discussion page.

My sandbox: JorgeGG/Sandbox
My ideas pages: JorgeGG/Ideas
Snippets: From Sea to Shining Sea — The Blue Jade Mask — Pax Gallica — Andes — Southern Paradox

I also have a deviant art page (Seerh).

Awards

Winner of the 2011 Stirling for Best Copyeditor of 2010

Winner of the 2018 Stirling for Best Timeline of 2017 (Cromwell the Great)

ATL foreign powers

Favorite places that could have lead to other things:
Kingdom of Kongo does a Meiji with the unexpected help of the Portuguese
Swahili City States
Hausa City-States
Horn of Africa Sultanate
Central Asian Steppe Empire
A truly independent and successful Muhammad Ali Pasha's Egypt
Pre-Columbian Empires of the Great Plains and Mississippi that rival with Mesoamerica
The colonial empire of the Republic of Haiti in the Antilles / Caribbean
The Mayan Sea (Mayan Cities states or Hegemonies that trade and fight over the Yucatan, Guatemala Highlands, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico and Florida)