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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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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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How to Craft Compelling Character Backstories

Part of crafting characters involves exploring their history. Just as your lived experiences have shaped the person you are today, a character’s backstory has the power to provide depth and understanding to their characterization. It can even lend context to the conflicts taking place in your present story. Without that history, your character’s attitudes and actions have little foundation on which to stand.But crafting a rich and compelling character backstory is far from simple. What…

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