Stretch your creativity to remain in deep Point Of View while using the backstory to enhance the story experience without boring or losing readers.

Shirley Jump offers tips on how we can avoid telling too much backstory and how to help your reader enjoy discovering what makes your character tick.

Angela Ackerman Ah, backstory. According to many, this is the BIG BAD WORD in fiction. How many times have you heard someone say, “Backstory is bad, strip it from the scene!” or, “Backstory slows the pace, bogs down the action, and will only bore the reader.” Well, if you hang out at the same online […]