Muse & the Marketplace 2019

So you’ve developed a great story with a rich group of characters, and letting the reader in on the complexity of each character’s background feels essential to the arc of your story—but we often hear that too much backstory kills momentum. With the help of several contemporary examples, we’ll discuss how to determine which details really matter to the reader, and explore techniques for including details from a character’s past that help drive, not derail, your story.