Tag: character backstory
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How Much Backstory is Too Much?
Backstory. The story before the story. Every character has it – but how much do you need of it? There are TONS of stuff on developing characters backgrounds….I am to divide character backstory into two schools of thought: What the readers needs What the writer needs We’ll start with what the Reader needs. ONLY WHAT’S…
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5 things to do when you don’t connect with your characters
Characters. Our novels would be nothing without them, just a bunch of trees and abandoned neighborhoods and castles. There would be no plot and hence no story and hence no novel. We need characters. But more importantly we need fleshed out, amazing, multi-dimensional characters who jump off the page with pzazz and splendor. Yeah. That’s…
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Character Backgrounds: Yes or No?
There are heaps of articles, lists of questions, charts and what not, all for the purpose of developing characters. Next to plot (or before plot. That’s another discussion) the characters are the most important part of a novel. So, it seems they should be given special attention. But how much? Is the 100 facts questioner,…
Bernadette Benda 