How do the historical narratives we tell affect the present?

Read this post then join today's dialogue about the narratives we tell. And don't forget to check out today’s writing prompt at the bottom of this post.

I have been thinking about how the way we write history, write about history, or retell history, shapes our present and how we understand the present we're living in (and vice versa) ever since I read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley the other week.

What we decide to include or omit from history books or historical stories right now influences how…