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WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®

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Flashbacks

Backstory Balancing Act

Flashbacks vs. Dual Timeline: What’s the Difference?

Behind the Scenes: How to Craft Compelling Backstory

Write Like a Magician: Creating the Illusion of an Unseen Character

3 Tricks to Reel Your Reader in With Flashbacks

4 Tips for Writing Your Character’s PTSD and Trauma Memories

How To Research Mental Health and Trauma For Your Characters

5 Innovative Strategies That Could Help You Win a Writing Contest

Struggling with Writing Flashbacks? Try Using the P.A.S.T. Method

Writing Backstory Through Dialogue

Look Forward, Not Backward, to Pull the Reader In

And…Action! Applying TV Lessons to Chapter Hooks

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