How to Write Better Backstories
Bring your characters and world to life with
backstories woven into your narrative
without the info dumps
What is a backstory?
And why it matters
Backstory is everything that happens before your book. You may not need to include any of it, but knowing it can have a direct impact on your characters, how you write them, and what your readers think of them.
This class is perfect for you, if...
- You know your character is missing something, but you can’t work out what
- You want to flesh out your characters for a series
- You want to learn more about psychology and how it impacts us and our characters
- Your stories are character-focused, or…
- You want to write more character-focused stories
What this class will teach you
- Why backstory matters
- When to use backstory
- Why info dumps are a bad idea—and how to avoid them
- Things that can inform your backstory like your character’s childhood, their working environment, or their culture