Unlock the Secret to Creating Characters Your Readers Will Never Forget
Is Backstory the Answer?
It’s easy to think that telling your reader the character’s backstory is the magic ticket. After all, if your readers know your character’s whole life story, won’t they want to know how things turn out?
Yes, probably. But the problem is that your character’s whole life story is long, and your readers are impatient. They want to see what’s happening right now. Your reader won’t care about your character’s backstory until they’ve emotionally committed to the frontstory.
If telling the backstory isn’t the answer, then what is?
