Backstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making It Essential: Part 3 — Guest: Kris Kennedy
A character’s backstory can be mined to add more emotion to our stories, such as by layering how their backstory’s defining moment affected them.
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A character’s backstory can be mined to add more emotion to our stories, such as by layering how their backstory’s defining moment affected them.
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Pin ItJust like big companies, we all take wrong turns sometimes, no matter how much experience we have. Mistakes aren’t a reflection on us or our choices.
Pin ItEven if we’ve read cover-design advice before, there’s always more to learn. Here are a few insights from Renee Wittman we might not have thought of before.
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