- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Premium Members $30 & Basic Members $40
Register by March 27th and save $5, use code BACKSTORYOWENS2023 at checkout!
- Category
- Characters
- Structure
- GMC
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- BACKSTORYOWENS2023
- Class Length
- 4 Weeks
In Those Who Forget History: Using Backstory to Enhance Your Novel, students will examine how to use backstory effectively to enhance their stories using elements of a character’s past.
We will cover:
· What is Backstory?
· Flashbacks and how to use them.
· The Five Ws of Backstory—Who, What, Where, When and Why—of a character’s past.
· Prologues—how to use a prologue to provide backstory.
· Dialogue—how to manipulate your readers by using a character’s dialogue to hint at backstory.
· Weaving—how to weave backstory into your story.
· Inner Thought—revealing your character’s backstory through inner thought.
· What Do They Want?—how your character’s backstory can affect his goals.
· The New Way to Plot: Using backstory to plot your novel
Included in the workshop is a workbook with assignments, checklists, and more.
We will cover:
· What is Backstory?
· Flashbacks and how to use them.
· The Five Ws of Backstory—Who, What, Where, When and Why—of a character’s past.
· Prologues—how to use a prologue to provide backstory.
· Dialogue—how to manipulate your readers by using a character’s dialogue to hint at backstory.
· Weaving—how to weave backstory into your story.
· Inner Thought—revealing your character’s backstory through inner thought.
· What Do They Want?—how your character’s backstory can affect his goals.
· The New Way to Plot: Using backstory to plot your novel
Included in the workshop is a workbook with assignments, checklists, and more.
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
