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Once you have a good backstory for your characters, you need to be able to reveal it to your readers. Revealing a character's backstory is not something to be taken lightly; if you reveal too much up front, your readers will lose interest, but if you don't reveal enough, the character won't be relatable. Check out the article for the best practices for revealing a character's backstory in your story! How To Write A Good Character Backstory, Good Backstory Ideas, How To Write A Good Backstory, Backstory Ideas For Oc, Backstory Ideas Character, Oc Backstory Ideas, Character Backstory Ideas, Backstory Ideas, Oc Backstory
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Revealing a Character’s Backstory

TweetPin1EmailShare Once you have a really great backstory for your character, you’ll probably feel like drawing a lot of attention to it from the get-go. After all, you worked so... Read more »

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✨New Series✨ Story Structure Basics First up is the classic five-act story structure: 1. Exposition: introduce the characters, provide some backstory, and end with an inciting incident that disrupts their daily life. 2. Rising Action: Conflict begins to rise & character starts to pursue their goal. 3. Climax: The character(s) thinks they’ve achieved their goal, tension is at it’s highest, can be a major turning point in the plot. 4. Falling Action: The character(s) must face consequences and ... Five Act Structure, 4 Act Story Structure, 7 Act Story Structure, Character Conflict Ideas, Character Backstory Prompts, Short Story Structure, Storytelling Structure, 3 Act Story Structure, Character Backstory Ideas
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✨New Series✨ Story Structure Basics First up is the classic five-act story structure: 1. Exposition: introduce the characters, provide some backstory, and end with an inciting incident that disrupts their daily life. 2. Rising Action: Conflict begins to rise & character starts to pursue their goal. 3. Climax: The character(s) thinks they’ve achieved their goal, tension is at it’s highest, can be a major turning point in the plot. 4. Falling Action: The character(s) must face consequences and…

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How you reveal backstory is just as important as when. Always keep your MC's personality in mind. Ask yourself: how would *they* go about opening up? If they share their backstory with other characters, who and why? Maybe it's a nervous kid they see themselves in or an ex lover they want to make amends with. Either way, it has to be believable. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting #characterbackstory How To Write A Funny Character, How To Write A Backstory, Writing Nervousness, How To Write A Character Going Crazy, How To Create A Character, Character Backstory Ideas, Ghibli Recipes, Backstory Ideas, Character Backstory
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How To Write A Character Backstory (pt.4)

How you reveal backstory is just as important as when. Always keep your MC's personality in mind. Ask yourself: how would *they* go about opening up? If they share their backstory with other characters, who and why? Maybe it's a nervous kid they see themselves in or an ex lover they want to make amends with. Either way, it has to be believable. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting #characterbackstory

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