Enrich your story with moments from your characters’ past.
Characters have a history just as real people do. A character’s past provides motivation, making them believable and emotionally sympathetic. By using backstory, we give readers valuable insight into their lives. But how do we write effective backstory and where in our stories do we put it? Students will leave the session with options for including elegant and practical backstory in their work-in-progress and future stories.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Time skips
- Details that make characters believable
- Positioning & structuring flashbacks
Time requirements
- No additional time required outside of class.
Materials
- No materials required.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for authors who want to learn ways to create a rich, multi-layered story, making time shifts possible.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.