Need a Lot of Backstory? Options for Structuring Your Story
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring storytelling options for backstory.
Where Normal Need Not Apply
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring storytelling options for backstory.
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring options for how to avoid repeating too much information in later books of a series.
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring how a specific writing technique can point readers’ attention just where we want it.
A story idea could be presented to readers countless different ways. How can we choose the best perspective for telling the tale?
Third-person POV ranges from the most distant to the deepest perspectives, so how can we tell where our story falls on the POV spectrum to avoid problems?
Pin ItFor dialogue attribution, action beats are more flexible than dialogue tags for our writing, adding details to our story and immersing readers in the scene.
Pin ItA character’s false belief is central to a story’s internal arc, and the defining moment in a character’s backstory is key to creating that false belief.
Pin ItBackstory helps readers connect to our characters and provides context for their actions, but how can we make it compelling and avoid boring information dumps?
Pin ItSome writers plan their worldbuilding details in advance. Others…not so much. How can we worldbuild when we write a series by the seat of our pants?
Pin ItWorldbuilding means we have to create the “rules” for our characters and their story world. How can we can develop our story’s world to make it feel real?
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