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Today’s podcast is all about backstory and revision. Revision as the iterative process that helps you dig deeper into your story. Backstory as that which can be moved into the present action or withheld for revelation. Angie and Elizabeth talk about how to think about the information in your scenes as mobile, and how to find the best, most dramatic way to present it in the story. They also look at the use of a close POV it create secrets. The vintage and contemporary classics Rebecca and Room are two of the stories they investigate for use of backstory in revelation.
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Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.
The hosts:
Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.
Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.
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