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For real!!!
He really did suck! I was hoping he’d die by the end of the third book T-T but he didn’t. He used to be one of my favorites…
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I had to battle KP yesterday because it wouldn’t let me sign in. I hath returned now! ?
Sighhhhh yes. I have found the perfect window to throw her out. I wish I didn’t have to do this ?????☹️???
Very sad ?. Much sadness.
He used to be my favorite… ? But then… It’s Bonifer Squoon ?
Ewwww… Bonifer Squoon is terrible. Yesterday, when I was about to reply (but was unable to! ?) I accidentally called him Buffooner Squoon cause I was texting someone and we kept using the word buffoon. <- that was really random, but I shall mention it anyway.
"YoUr mOtHeR mAkEs MeDiOcRe PiEs!"
This isn’t a rant. I just didn’t know where to post this. But I found a thing on Pinterest that I think explains exactly why I don’t like talking about my character’s backstories:
(not that all my characters have sad backstories. I’m actually a pretty nice author by comparison to most lol)
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I know I was the one asking you, but this is my reason for holding backstories back too. This is it. My characters have those quirks that are connected to their past, but if I revealed the past, the cat’s out of the bag and it feels almost taboo.
In conclusion, my apologies for tempting you to reveal secrets. I shall always be on the hunt for the secrets, though. (I’ve read about the Paper Star and Inky characters for years now, and sometimes I forget their stories are still materializing.)
That way the dark backstory doesn’t come off as a description of who they are, but an explanation to why they are the way they are.
THIS. If you introduce a character and reveal their backstory a page later, it feels like digging a hole and getting to bedrock in a couple minutes. It feels like you picked a shallow spot to dig.
I have an additional reason for why I hold back backstories. Once you say what it is, the process of discovering the backstory is done for me too. When I started throwing Marcel around on this forum, he had a different backstory than he does now, and I felt something was wrong so I kept changing it. Now his backstory is more meaningful and really explains him as a person.
Also also – sometimes you spoil your own story for fun, but afterwards you feel like it was a bad decision. Like losing a spark.
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I had a feeling this might resonate with you.
( I wanna share this discovery with other people too though, but tags are scaryyy)
In conclusion, my apologies for tempting you to reveal secrets.
Don’t apologize. Questions like that are really motivating to keep me writing since I know someone is actually interested. So thanks :]
Once you say what it is, the process of discovering the backstory is done for me too.
Same.
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I’ve seen that, and I’m trying to figure out how to avoid it for one of my characters, but it was also a major event in her country, so I don’t think it’s avoidable.
?For our Blessed Lady's sake, bring us in good ale!?
Was it a war or an assassination or something? Maybe this just doesn’t apply to your character?
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An assassination of her father, the President. Her mom died too.
?For our Blessed Lady's sake, bring us in good ale!?
In that case, I don’t think this writing strategy applies to her. If it’s public knowledge, it’s going to be reader knowledge. You could maybe hide her emotional reaction to the tragedy until later, since she needs to act strong for her country. (If you wanted. Just an idea.)
But I think in this case, it’s good to introduce her with her tragic backstory. It makes sense.⭐️World's Slowest Writer⭐️
The problem here is that the others, (excepting maybe one), don’t have tragic backstories, so she really will seem like dramatic backstory character.
?For our Blessed Lady's sake, bring us in good ale!?
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