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Those Who Forget the Past: Using Backstory to Enhance Your Novel
Presenter: Cynthia Owens
Class begins: September 5, 2022
Class Length: Four Weeks
Cost: $15 (free for RWA® Online Chapter members)
Link to registration: http://rwaonlinechapter.org/
Last day to register is September 5, 2022
About this class:
In Those Who Forget History: Using Backstory to Enhance Your Novel, students will examine how to use backstory effectively to enhance their stories using elements of a character’s past.
We will cover:
• What is Backstory?
• Flashbacks and How to Use Them,
• The Five Ws of Backstory—Who, What, Where, When and Why—of a character’s past.
• Prologues—how to use a prologue to provide backstory.
• Dialogue—how to manipulate your readers by using a character’s dialogue to hint at backstory.
• Weaving—how to weave backstory into your story.
• Inner Thought—revealing your character’s backstory through inner thought.
• What Do They Want?—how your character’s backstory can affect his goals.
Included in the workshop is a workbook with assignments, checklists, and more.
For more information, visit https://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/workshops-3/
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Patti Fischer, workshops@rwaonlinechapter.org