Backstory works in order to write a seamless story that captures a readers’ attention. What happened before colors everything that happens now.
Back to Basics on Backstory
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Jennie Nash
ARTICLES
Mastering the Art of the Scene
How you move through scenes and chapters is part of the art of writing. It dictates the flow, or pace, of your work. Have you mastered the art of the scene?
A Little Lesson in Dialogue
Every writer needs to master the art of dialogue. If a writer gets it wrong, they risk losing their reader right from the start.
How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page – a Lesson on Shaking Off the Burden of Knowledge
Are you getting the story out of your head and onto the page in your opening chapter? Here’s how to recognize and shake off the burden of knowledge.
How to Start Your Book in the Right Place (and Save Your Reader from Boredom, Frustration and Despair)
In order to write a great first chapter for a book, you have to start in the right place. There are two main ways writers tend to get this wrong.