The Character Backstory and Its Use

What the character backstory is for and how to use it without burdening the screenplay

The Backstory

The character backstory -- the specific history that precedes the screenplay that shapes the specific character the writer puts on the page -- is the accountability journalism of the specific craft technique whose misuse produces the specific screenplay problem of the backstory that the writer has written and the reader has not been given the space to discover.

The Craft

The craft of backstory use: the backstory that informs the character without being stated; the specific past event that the character behaviour implies without the specific dialogue that explains it; and the specific moment where the backstory is revealed in the action rather than in the explanation. The backstory that the reader discovers is the backstory that the screenplay uses effectively.

Screenplay.biz Coverage

Screenplay.biz covers the character backstory because the accountability journalism of the craft requires examining the specific technique whose misuse produces the specific screenplay problem that the development notes most commonly identify, and because the correct use of backstory is the specific craft skill whose mastery the development process most consistently rewards.

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