Backstories for characters

Writing Inspiration | Character Development Chart | Fill one out for each of your major characters to help you create deeper characters with rich backstories

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Part of crafting characters involves exploring their history. Just as your lived experiences have shaped the person you are today, a character’s backstory has the power to provide depth and understanding to their characterization. It can even lend context to the conflicts taking place in your present story. Without that history, your character’s attitudes and actions have little foundation on which to stand.But crafting a rich and compelling character backstory is far from simple. What…