#backstory — Public Fediverse posts
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How To Deliver Important Backstory With Setting
Ah, backstory. According to many, this is the BIG BAD WORD in fiction. How many times have you heard someone say, “Backstory is bad, strip it from the scene!” or, “Backstory slows the pace, bogs down the action, and will only bore the reader.” Well, if you hang out at the same online writerly spaces...
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How to Write Unique, Memorable Character Voices
Your character’s voice is the reader’s guide through your story. Readers hear your character in their head before they see them in their mind’s eye. A well-developed character voice stays with the reader long after they finish your book. When the voices aren’t unique, you’ll know… The Six Ingredients of Character Voice When character voices...
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Crafting a Compelling Villain: Goals, Motivation, Conflict
Crafting a Compelling Villain: Goals, Motivation, Conflict – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 210 *** “In addition to your villain’s goal, they need a motivation. They feel like they’re the hero of...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/06/22/crafting-a-compelling-villain-goals-motivation-conflict#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #Antagonist #backstory #BethBarany #blindspots
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Carl was a #fighter who was #polymorphed into a #sword, poor Carl. His backstory is usable as an alternate backstory for the #Eldrich #Knight. A fighter who should have been a Warlock or Sorceror yet has a greater natural affinity for the warriors skills than magic skills forcing the other forces to make this compromise. Basically adapting/stealing the #sorcerer/#warlock concepts so when someone hears their #backstory they think "#sorlock " rather than "fighting man"