Writing Excuses

13.19: Backstories

May 13, 2018 · 19 min · Season 13 · Episode 19 · 18.8 MB
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Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice Character backstories: these are the tales that describe how the characters in your story became who they are by the time they arrive in the book. How much backstory needs to be written before you start in on the manuscript? How much needs to be in the manuscript itself? And how much backstory is too much?



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