The Past and the Present: Weaving Backstory into Your Story

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Join the conversation at The Slow Novel Lab Instagram!Subscribe to Letters from Nina for more writing tips, book news, and to hear when The Slow Novel Lab opens for enrollment!Highlights:-We need something to connect to. Details of setting. Histories. Hints or statements about how the characters came to be who and where they are.-Allow the past and present to have their own plots and progressions.-Showing is great, of course, but telling can be powerful. So don’t shy away from stating things plainly when your story warrants it.