How to Use Backstory Techniques in Your Story

When used well, prologs can create subtext. Used poorly, they can destroy opportunities for tasty subtext that might otherwise have existed within the story. Next week we will discuss backstory techniques for stories with both linear and alternating timelines. If you'd like to be part of the word player community over at helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com, stop by the first post on the site's homepage.