View the video at: http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-tell-if-your-backstory-is-boring.html
I like to think of the process of cutting backstory as maintaining urgency. If my backstory interferes with the reader's need to know what happens next, I have to cut it. And I know and angst about every single spot in my work where I have to incorporate backstory and can't do so in the midst of conflict. Seeing the video this morning inspired me to go back and revisit a couple of scenes. My thought for the day: backstory creeps on sneaky feet.
Happy writing,
Martina
Love this! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFound your blog via Google Alerts. Thanks so much for sharing my video with your readers. Backstory does have sneaky feet when we're writing it, but it often clomps along by the time it reaches the reader!
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