https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10718 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:05:44 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10718 […] More on the perils of back story1 by Kristen […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10717 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:04:11 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10717 As a new writer, I really enjoy reading your blog posts. I laughed out loud at this one. Thank you so much!

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10716 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:02:08 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10716 […] More on the perils of back story by Kristen […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10715 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:11:15 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10715 Reblogged this on J. R. FRONTERA and commented:
A rampant discussion among my writer’s group just lately … how to handle backstory? What is too much? Too little? Are flashbacks and dreams to convey relevant events ever okay? And then we found this excellent post by the brilliant Kristen Lamb! I think she says it perfectly:

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10714 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:28:01 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10714 […] backstory – (n) see back in my day, we had to trudge through the snow fifteen miles, BOTH ways. […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10713 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:31:58 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10713 I hope that it’s ok to ask a question on a thread thats a couple years old. I was googling “writing backstories” and your site popped up :). I understand about not bogging down a plot with irrelevancy, however, What if the story starts “in medias res” ? “To prepare for the future they must learn from the past”. Is the basis for what I’m writing. Thank you in advance for any advice or opinion you have :).

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10712 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:35:47 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10712 […] “Deadly Sin of Writing #4 – Beware the Bog of Back Story” by Kristen Lamb. This particular article is in addition to another one that was done earlier this […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10711 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:07:16 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10711 […] [For a rundown of the perils of Back Story, read this post by Kristen Lamb.] […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10710 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:20:05 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10710 I appreciate this article and the examples given.
I know not to write backstory, however I have an assignment to write a backstory for a character,(for my writing group) to 1000 words, and am finding it hard, ie to get to 1000 words.
I also have a problem describing the character in 3rd person, many of the sentences start with ‘she’ or the character’s name, hard. I just made her meet a stranger in a cafe so may include some dialogue.

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2011/08/deadly-sin-of-writing-4-beware-the-bog-of-back-story/#comment-10709 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:33:09 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-10709 […] what the fight is about (though it will be included in your wordcount). Remember Kristen Lamb’s Backstory advice…we really just want the […]

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