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B Is For Backstory
(2020)(The second book in the Tips For Better Fiction Writing series)
A non fiction book by Dan Alatorre
A common mistake writers make is going on and on about things that don’t matter.
Backstory is the way we commonly refer to everything that happened to your character before the story starts. The characters had a whole history that shaped them before the story started.
Learn how and when to add detail – and when to avoid it. Create stories that flow along like a rushing stream after a spring rain because you are providing enough information to engage the reader and not so much that it bogs down the story.
You want a pager turner, a book readers say they couldn’t put down.
If you did a story about the widow Mary Todd Lincoln, the backstory might show her husband getting assassinated; a bigger back story might involve explaining that he was president. But does it get into the civil war? Where do you draw the line?
This guide will show you some ways to accomplish that. If you struggle with backstory – and just about every new author does – then here’s a way out of the wilderness.
Backstory is the way we commonly refer to everything that happened to your character before the story starts. The characters had a whole history that shaped them before the story started.
Learn how and when to add detail – and when to avoid it. Create stories that flow along like a rushing stream after a spring rain because you are providing enough information to engage the reader and not so much that it bogs down the story.
You want a pager turner, a book readers say they couldn’t put down.
If you did a story about the widow Mary Todd Lincoln, the backstory might show her husband getting assassinated; a bigger back story might involve explaining that he was president. But does it get into the civil war? Where do you draw the line?
This guide will show you some ways to accomplish that. If you struggle with backstory – and just about every new author does – then here’s a way out of the wilderness.
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