Using BACKSTORY to its full potential, a thread 🧵

In our experience as dev editors, backstory often "goes wrong" in three ways: too much, too soon, and without necessity.

We believe that anything can be done well, but here are some guidelines to follow.

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Don't be scared to post about your OCs, they are all wonderful!!!

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"If you aspire to craft stories that captivate and resonate, this book is an indispensable companion."

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"I highly recommend it for writers of all skill levels."

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Just because I'm wearing sweats doesn't mean I'm not glamorous 😅

Happy ace week I wrote this scene was I was eighteen years old and I look forward to rewriting it now that I'm more experienced
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i like that i can be unapologetically nerdy, creative, and inspired here!!!!

Oh god I used to write fantasy without any "backing" but the more I delved into Sci-Fi, mainly Xenofiction and Speculative Biology... The better my fantasy writing became apparently.

if I ever have a Wikipedia page of my own, I hope there’s one section sandwiched in the middle called, “The Incident”

"For mature audiences" not as in "legally allowed to see a boob" but "can see a fictional character do a bad thing and not immediately go on a crusade against the author"

Updike couldn't even write a good piss scene

My writing advice is to steep yourself in wonderful writing—that is how water becomes wonderful tea. 🍵

I have been working on the same novel for eight years surely I'll get somewhere eventually #writingcommunity #author

people mock romantasy and i certainly am no exception but i do feel oddly strongly as a straight man that my fellow straight men should consider trying to write a fantasy novel that depicts a relationship with a woman that isnt wildly fetishistic or downright weird towards women as such like once

People ask me for advice on how to write sex scenes, and all I can say is that every time you start one, you have to say, "TAKE THAT, JOHN UPDIKE," because no matter your level of talent, you have a really good chance at writing a better sex scene than he could.

i repost this one drawing so often than im certain that everyone has already seen it, but i wonder how true that is

Hello out there world! My name is Jasmine, I'm an Australian aspiring author trying to face a world where AI and online publishing is king. Any tips on how to make friends out here? #writing #author #book #writer

The secret to writing a convincing fairy tale is to begin every chapter with one huge ass letter