by Gino Marinaro

Are you still with me? Good. That means you’re at least considering writing a background for one or more of your characters. I’m going to concentrate on character backgrounds for now. What makes a good background? Lots of different things make a good background. Let’s start with the “5 W’s.” Who, what, where, why, when. This will make for a good starting point.

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