Comments on: 4 Tips To Master Backstory In Deep Point Of View https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/ A Blog On Writing Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: 🖋 Writing Links Round Up 11/11 – B. Shaun Smith https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-167415 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:14:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-167415 […] 4 Tips To Master Backstory In Deep Point Of View […]

]]> By: Maria S McDonald https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166618 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:57:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166618 Hi Lisa. Thank you for this very informative post, which contains a lot of takeaway for me as I write my own novels. I particularly love these lines - 'Backstory needs to be dripped in a drop at a time' and 'Use backstory to answer one reader question, but then leave them with two more'.
Can't wait to read more valuable insights/advices on writing as I continue perfecting my own.

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166428 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:00:34 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166428 I love creative uses of backstory like this. We did something similar in a non-fiction book that I published although we gave a bit more information earlier, when we referenced it later we could just allude to it and all of that power came through.

]]> By: Tina https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166384 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:03:44 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166384 "Generally, readers need far less backstory than we want to give them."

A million times this! I am one of those readers, skipping backstory dumps after the second sentence, no matter how beautifully crafted.

I'd be interested in your opinion on a specific case: Deep POV in romance novels.
Dual third person limited is often used in contemporary romance novels but I haven't come across dual Deep POV.

Do you think that's a fair observation, and if so, do you think it's more a reflection of how challenging it is to make it work, or more that it doesn't work at all?

Thanks!

]]> By: Lisa Hall-Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166381 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:14:40 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166381 In reply to Christine.

My blog is focused on deep POV. I don’t know if I’ve written much about using backstory there. I’ll have to go look. Hope the info is helpful!

]]> By: Lisa Hall-Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166380 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:13:44 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166380 In reply to Sandra.

Awesome! Easier said than done sometimes, but I find it very helpful.

]]> By: Christine https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166379 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:30:06 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166379 Thank you for the wonderful information on backstory - you describe it in such an understandable, uncomplicated and relatable way. I'll check out your blog and FB group because we can all stand to learn more about backstory. I also love your articles on POV.- best ever- and I'd be interested in your updated POV book! Thank you!

]]> By: Sandra https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166378 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:39:18 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166378 I love the base rule of a sentence, or even sentence fragment, for backstory. I'll be sure to employ that during my next round of edits.

Thanks for great insight.

]]> By: Lisa Hall-Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166377 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:49:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166377 In reply to Lynette M Burrows.

As I learn to do better, I pass that on 🙂

]]> By: Lisa Hall-Wilson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/08/4-tips-to-master-backstory-in-deep-point-of-view/#comment-166376 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:48:49 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50350#comment-166376 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Aww - thanks!! Appreciate the support and patience or WITS.

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