by Lori Domingo @LoriDomingo22 It’s safe to say that regardless of your chosen genre, when you write your story, someone’s life will be completely upended. Something will happen that will lead to change in this person – usually for the better, but sometimes possibly not so much. Some event, person, relationship – whatever it may be – will be what …
Back Story – When & How
By Ane Mulligan When I first started writing, I did what most new writers do. Believing the reader couldn’t understand my story or like the heroine without knowing her back story, I loaded the first chapter with all that information. It didn’t take too many critiques to learn the error of my ways. But why is it not necessary? I’m …