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In a recent post, Gail Carson Levine discusses how to get background material into a story without the use of a flashback scene, along with tips for when you do use a flashback. Weaving in Backstory Poem. She points out that in her story, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, she uses an epic poem: everyone [...]
4 Stages of Character Development When you write a first draft, there are really two novels at that point. There’s the one on the paper and there’s the one in your head and they are not the same. I know this. But I’m experiencing it again as I’m working through this revision. In order to [...]
“She stopped and remembered her home town and how it felt to be ten years old when she moved. . .” I checked out two books-on-tape yesterday and tried to listen to them. The first one started at a certain point, then immediately went into a flashback, within the first page. Ditto for the second. [...]
When you write or revise a novel, you must pay careful attention to the first chapter. Opening Chapters of Novels MUST Accomplish These Goals Grab your readers attention. Something must grab the reader’s attention immediately. This can be an unusual use of language, a unique voice, a startling action, a bit of dialogue, an active [...]
When we invent characters, we need to know all about them, including where they grew up, childhood fears & dreams and more. Where does this information go? Where do you put all this backstory? Backstory’s Emotional Weight Two friends, writing vastly different stories, are struggling with backstory. One is adding backstory to enrich the story [...]
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