This page is a collection of links to various essays and articles dealing with the possible pitfalls an author of alternate history might experience while working on his scenario/timeline.

• "Musings on..." - The essays of Ian Montgomerie about various popular AH concepts and plots. Includes musings on plausibility, problems with the use of exposition and evil empires in AH fiction, the tricks of writing about crosstime travel and contact between different timelines - and much more. Highly recommended.

• So, You Want To Write A Timeline ? at Antony Mayer's site
• Problematic Aspects of Alternate History - Some Often Overlooked Considerations at the Infinity Wanderers site (archived via archive.org, an additional link to an AH.com backup is available here)
• The Fractions of Perceptibly Different Alternate Timelines at Tony Jones' sci-fi site (Some sciency thoughts on how many alternate timelines will be the same, from a human perspective.)

Alternate History Clichés

HELP : How To Write A Timeline

The Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility