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Q: Backstory is critically important to the unfolding narrative in your novel.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Carleen Brice, Part 1 2009
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Backstory is not only a spacehog, it can also be boring.
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Patrick McGilligan, "Richard Brooks: The Professional," in Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s, ed.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Patrick McGilligan, "Richard Brooks: The Professional," in Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s, ed.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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Backstory is shared in small doses throughout the beginning of the book.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Allison Brennan 2006
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Backstory is not only a spacehog, it can also be boring.
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Backstory is difficult to weave into a plot because you don’t want readers bogged down with flashbacks.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Carleen Brice, Part 1 2009
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His collections of interviews with screenwriters called Backstory are now staples in film schools.
Don Westlake on Jim Thompson Ed Gorman 2008
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His collections of interviews with screenwriters called Backstory are now staples in film schools.
Archive 2008-09-01 Ed Gorman 2008
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Rose also runs this neat site called Backstory, where writers tell all.
E. Lockhart's Blog: 2005
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