EPISODE · Jul 28, 2026 · 35 MIN
REPLAY - Backstory
from Writer Syndrome · host Russ Capasso and Tim Letteney
Backstory is essential to establishing who your characters are and the decisions they'll make in your story, but how much is too much? In this REPLAY episode from 2024, Russ and Tim discuss backstory, how they approached it for their first novels, and how they plan on using it in their new works.
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