How much backstory is too much?

Backstory is one of the trickiest things to get effectively onto the page. Too much of it and your reader loses track, forgets, or even stops caring about what’s happening in your story's present.

In today's episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll explore the 3 most common missteps writers make about backstory, plus 3 tips to help you write backstory without putting your story on snooze.

We'll explore:

What backstory is and why it's useful
3 common mistakes new writers make when writing backstory
Why less backstory is always more
How to strategically weave backstory into your story's key moments
How to use backstory to reveal and foreshadow

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#34: How to Write Backstory Without Boring Your Reader