Interesting way to develop backstory on a character. One craft book you may want to check out is
Lisa Cron’s Story Genius. She explains why a protagonists background drives the story and has the reader go through some great exercises to develop their own stories. She also has a blueprint method for doing some basic outlining of your story without a nauseating level of detail. I found this to be the best writing craft book I’ve ever read and I’ve read lots!
Yes! I do have and love her book. :) I do a version of some of her outlining methods. Honestly, I like to try different things for different writing projects. I have not settled on any one perfect method for myself that works for everything. :)
Every writer has to figure out what works for them. I've tried several methods and each time I get a little closer to what works. There's no right or wrong answer, it's just whatever works for each author.
Interesting way to develop backstory on a character. One craft book you may want to check out is
Lisa Cron’s Story Genius. She explains why a protagonists background drives the story and has the reader go through some great exercises to develop their own stories. She also has a blueprint method for doing some basic outlining of your story without a nauseating level of detail. I found this to be the best writing craft book I’ve ever read and I’ve read lots!
Yes! I do have and love her book. :) I do a version of some of her outlining methods. Honestly, I like to try different things for different writing projects. I have not settled on any one perfect method for myself that works for everything. :)
Every writer has to figure out what works for them. I've tried several methods and each time I get a little closer to what works. There's no right or wrong answer, it's just whatever works for each author.
100% agree! I'll be writing about this in my upcoming newsletter. :D