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The Rights and Wrongs of Backstory
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May 16, 2022
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Give Your Characters an Authentic Ache
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May 13, 2022
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Well-Adjusted People Make for Boring Fiction
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May 9, 2022
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What Made You Think About That? Advice for Timing Your Flashbacks
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April 22, 2022
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All Novels Are About Secrets
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April 8, 2022
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Memories are More than Back Story
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April 7, 2022
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Put Your Characters Through Pathological Maneuvers
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March 25, 2022
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Does Your Flashback Jerk Your Reader Out of the Story?
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March 21, 2022
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Secondary Characters Need Agency Too
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March 15, 2022
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Your Character Lives, but Does She Fascinate?
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February 23, 2022
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