Fiction Backstories and Histories

The Backstory Drip (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 3 of 3)
The Backstory Drip (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 3 of 3) - Helping Writers Become Authors
The Do’s and Don’ts of Revealing a Character’s Backstory
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!
Basic Tips To Create Better Characters With Tragic & Traumatic Backstories
Basic Tips To Create Better Characters With Tragic & Traumatic Backstories - Springhole.net
We don't need to know everything about our characters. Here's why
Writing characters is among the most tricky activities for an author. In this article, you'll find character writing tips that will help you organise backstory ideas so that the reader will receive information that is actually useful and not overwhelming. Creating characters in writing requires knowing a lot more than will ever appear in the story, but including information that doesn't belong to the story will create confusion rather than involvement. Read on!
How to Write a Character Backstory: Guide for Fiction Writers
Learn to write a compelling character backstory with this guide. Great writers use a backstory to define a characters' motivations, goals and flaws!
Want to Tell Backstory Effectively?
We all want to divulge our character's backstory effectively, so that our readers latch onto our characters and root for them. But how do we do that? In this video, I give you 4 basic techniques for how to reveal character backstory in a natural and effective manner. They include: 1) Sudden/Dramatic Backstory Reveal 2) Progressive Backstory Reveal 3) Stream of Consciousness Reveal 4) Flashback or Journal Entry Reveal
Brainstorming the Wound in Your Character's Backstory