Tag Archive | backstory
The Writer’s Toolbox
Originally posted on Story Empire:
Craig here again, I know I’m a little bit out of order, but I didn’t want us to be dark this week. Today I want to talk about pushing ourselves as writers. My regulars know that I include a personal challenge with everything I write. These can be simple, or…
6 Tips To Hook A Reader on Page One
Originally posted on Carly Watters, Literary Agent:
I’ve read thousands of “page ones.” Very often I don’t read page two. Sometimes all I read is that first page and I make judgements based on what I see there. As an agent and a reader my practice is that if I’m not connecting with the material I…
5 Ways to Reveal Backstory When Writing A Novel
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
For my latest WIP I spent nearly six months designing a rich backstory complete with six habitable planets, four alien races, culture, pre-history, flora, fauna, and loads of other details that may never make it onto the page in any of the several novels I will write in…
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