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What is Your Hero’s Foundational Wound?
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To Dream or Not to Dream?
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Tips for How to Use Your Backstory
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How to Avoid TMI
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March 23, 2023
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Anticipation: Making the Reader Wait
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March 1, 2023
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Defining Desire, Goals, Motivations, and Needs
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Even Your Villain Should Have Morals
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February 10, 2023
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From Man to Super-Man
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February 8, 2023
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How to Weave Backstory Without Driving Your Readers Away
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January 11, 2023
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